The Library is a marvel of modern storytelling and horror tropes. However, this entity, or entities, stalk the various cavernous expanses of the library in search of its next victim. Whether you want to view this entity as the spirit of long-abandoned books and texts or the manifestation of your own madness as you get lost in the endless and inescapable depths of the titular library, the entity only sees you as one thing prey.Īgain, the lore behind the game isn’t clear. Even without the addition of a terrifying ghostly antagonist, this environment is incredibly unsettling. The creepy statues scattered around the seemingly hundreds of shelved rooms don’t help either. However, as with many liminal space horrors, the environment seems off in some way. The library is an eerily realistic and largely desolate environment filled with shelves and books. While this is the name of the game, it is also the location in which the game takes place.
They bring us discomfort because of what they represent Limbo, the fear of failure, and the discomfort that arises when we view usually productive spaces as empty and seemingly abandoned. However, we humans love ascribing personal experiences and existential connotations to otherwise stagnant and lifeless concepts. A liminal space on its own is simply a space in between functional spaces. Liminal spaces and the experiences built around them have always made most people feel uneasy.
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