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The Library of Babel

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App ID 1822030
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Neon Doctrine
Franchise Neon Doctrine
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 30177572
Last Record Update 22 July 2025 – 01:41:20 UTC ()
Release Date 7 April 2023 – 05:52:00 UTC ()
❓ 68.84%
82 reviews
1
In-Game
🧩 Puzzle Platformer 🏗️ Platformer 🏽 2D 🕵️ Noir 🕵️ Detective

Join Ludovik in a 2D Stealth Platformer and Graphic Adventure, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to discover the secret behind the Library of Babel’s sudden lockdown and the mysteries behind their mythical creators.

Additional Information

Developer Tanuki Game Studio
controller_support partial
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Neon Doctrine
Store Release Date 7 April 2023 – 05:52:59 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 7 April 2023 – 05:52:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 7 April 2023 – 05:54:38 UTC () (1680846878)
library_assets
library_capsuleen,zh-xc
library_heroen
library_logoen,zh-xc
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name_localized
schinese巴别图书馆
tchinese巴別圖書館
sc_schinese巴别图书馆
japaneseバベルの図書館
koreana바벨의 도서관
review_score 6
review_percentage 75
ReleaseStateSteamChina prerelease
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, SteamworksNET SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 14 December 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 10128025
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-6
    requires_h2641
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
    proton_compat_confignomfdxgiman,
Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 15 November 2021 – 05:20:07 UTC (), in changelist #13140927
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Catalan Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🧩 Puzzle Platformer 🏗️ Platformer 🏽 2D 🕵️ Noir 🕵️ Detective ☢️ Post-apocalyptic 🫠 Surreal 🧬 Transhumanism 🧞 Choices Matter 🎮 Controller 🎨 Hand-drawn 📚 Dynamic Narration 🚀 Sci-fi 🥷 Stealth 🌫 Atmospheric 🤖 Robots 🗺️ Adventure 😨 Dark 👤 Singleplayer 🧩 Puzzle

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only) Gamepad Preferred

Assets

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timestamp25 August 2025 – 08:03:41 UTC

Trailer 545524 ↴

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timestamp 7 March 2023 – 08:20:07 UTC

Trailer 516179 ↴

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timestamp 1 December 2022 – 06:16:36 UTC

User File System

Key Value
quota 4.77 MiB (5000000)
maxnumfiles 1
savefiles
0 ↴
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rootoverrides
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Tanuki Game Studio/The Library of Babel babel.data
MacOS (Override)
Linux (Override) This appears to be broken because there is no configuration for [All OSes] and gameinstall.
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