A first-person exploration horror roguelite. Explore the depths of a seemingly endless library in search of rare books, but beware the terrifying entities that protect it!
Release Date:
Oct 14, 2025
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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Most of the core mechanics of the game are completed, and it is playable up through the first hundred chambers. As a solo developer, feedback from the community is cruicial to making sure the game is in a solid place before more entities can be completed and released along with the removal of the chamber limit.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“I expect to complete the full release roughly by Q1 2026.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“While the early access will only allow access up to chamber 100 and only two entity types, the full version will have (theoretical) infinite depth, and will feature several more entities.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Players will be able to explore the first 100 chambers of the library, and will encounter the two completed entity types. Progress during early access will carry over to the completed game (unless major problems with progression are discovered that would necessitate resets).”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“No, the price will not change when leaving Early Access. All planned and future content updates will be included in the original purchase and will not be sold separately.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Feedback from players will be used to tune the game's difficulty, presentation and content, and will also help to shape planned and future content and features. Please leave feedback using Steam Forum discussions.”
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About This Game

Before you lies the Deep Library, a seemingly endless library with books collected from unknown places.  The rarest books on its shelves are very valuable to your collection, if you can bring them back to the library's atrium.  However, the deeper you go, the more likely you are to encounter the strange and terrifying entities that maintain the library... entities that do not take kindly to visitors...

In this first-person exploration horror, you must collect and escape with books from the library, which are added to your collection.  As your collection grows, you gain resources to purchase upgrades for future runs, while also gaining the ability to venture deeper into the library.

FEATURES:

  • A sprawling, procedurally-generated library; each Chamber retains the same layout for everyone, but how they connect each run is different.

  • Entities that roam the Chambers, looking for you; the deeper you go, the more entities you encounter.

  • Upgrade system; use points gained while building your collection to add or increase abilities such as your stamina level, your flashlight battery life, and even your knowledge of the library.  Points can be refunded and reapplied at will between runs.

  • Leaderboards for the most books retrieved, and the deepest library exploration.

(NOTE:  Book titles and authors are procedurally generated; any resemblance to actual books or authors is purely coincidental.  While steps have been taken to reduce the chance of generating 'inappropriate' or 'offensive' titles, their generation may still be possible; should such titles be generated, please understand that they are neither intentional nor malicious in nature.  If any offensive or inappropriate titles are discovered, please report their Chamber number for review so they can be altered in a future update.  Thanks!)

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200, AMD Athlon XE BE-2300
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5500, AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K, AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, AMD Radeon RX 460
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