A Place for the Unwilling

ALPixel Games / Jul 25, 2019 / Adventure, Indie

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You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.

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What's new

A Place for the Unwilling - Patch #19

2021-04-29

Hello fellow citizens, Here we are with another game patch that fixes a few issues you reported. Thanks a lot for helping us to take care of our lovely city :) Please stay tuned because great news are coming next month... Don't forget we have a Discord server in case you want to join us there as well and share your thoughts on the game. Critical fixes -Saul's funeral does now have a diary entry. -The mission "Painaway" can be completed correctly now. -The player can now keep the earnings of the mission "Painaway" without triggering wrong dialogue lines when talking to strangers the following days. Small fixes -The player must now talk to Wallace to start a major event during last Saturday. -The player can now convince Myles to go to their house during last Saturday. -If the player is in the theatre scenary at 23:00 on day 14, they get teleported to the theatre play.

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-Dana does no longer repeat a sentence during the mission "Migraine." -Dialogue works correctly now when the player doesn't found the potato of the corpses in the first attempt. Style fixes -The player can't now go trough a courtain inside the hospital room. -The portrait of one of the guests in Dana's party does now show correctly. -A sprite does now appear on the outside of Hoyt's Antiques and General Store after the mission "A child for a day." -A description is displayed now when the player interacts with the theatre ticket.

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What players say

Mixed

65% positive, 55 reviews

Recommended28 hrs played

Let's get the negatives out of the way: - The pacing is slow. Time progression is tied to the game's day cycle, and advancing to the next day often feels more restrictive than it should. The simple fix to this that could have solved all the issues of slow pacing is enabling and allowing you to sleep before 6 PM, not require 6 PM to sleep. - The game doesn't always provide clear direction on what you're supposed to do...

7 found this helpful, 2026-06-20

Not recommended2 hrs played

Meh. Got lured in by the nice visuals, but eventually got faced with boring and meaningless wandering. If you have all the time in the world and have nothing better to play or do - attaboy.

2 found this helpful, 2026-05-01

Not recommended0 hrs played

A Place for the Unwilling is ugly, pointless and not fun. Not recommended

2 found this helpful, 2026-06-18

Recommended12 hrs played

A Place for the Unwilling, developed and published by ALPixel Games, is a narrative-driven adventure that places storytelling, atmosphere, and player agency at the center of its design. Set inside a mysterious city facing inevitable destruction, the game creates an experience built around personal decisions, exploration, and the passage of time. Instead of focusing on combat systems or traditional progression...