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Sanitarium

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4.5/5

( 283 Reviews )

4.5

283 Reviews

English & 2 more
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Sanitarium
Description
Imagine a world created out of insanity – deformed children, ancient gods, ghosts from your past in the house inside of a water reflection. You are an asylum patient and you have just survived a car crash – the problem is you can't remember anything. Visions reveal answers to some questions, but cre...
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4.5/5

( 283 Reviews )

4.5

283 Reviews

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Product details
1998, DreamForge Intertainment, ...
System requirements
Windows 10 or newer, 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible wi...
Time to beat
8.5 hMain
9.5 h Main + Sides
9.5 h Completionist
9 h All Styles
Description
Imagine a world created out of insanity – deformed children, ancient gods, ghosts from your past in the house inside of a water reflection. You are an asylum patient and you have just survived a car crash – the problem is you can't remember anything. Visions reveal answers to some questions, but create even more riddles! Which part of it is true? What do all these things mean?

Sanitarium is one of the few psychological horror adventure games. As the protagonist you will visit five different worlds full of riddles and answers, with which you will have to figure out what exactly is happening and what is real. The story is so incredibly good and enthralling that it could easily drive a sane person mad.
  • One of the most immersive and chilling psychological horror games ever created
  • Discover what your warped mind is hiding under the veil of a psychedelic dream
  • Explore surreal worlds inhabited by crazy, half-sane and or half-dead characters

©2009 XS Games. All Rights Reserved.

Goodies
manual (30 pages) in-game soundtrack
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Minimum system requirements:

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
8.5 hMain
9.5 h Main + Sides
9.5 h Completionist
9 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04), Mac OS X (12+)
Release date:
{{'1998-05-11T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
1.5 GB

Game features

Languages
English
audio
text
Deutsch
audio
text
français
audio
text
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Posted on: February 12, 2011

Phloxyflowers

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Games: 30 Reviews: 2

Sanatarium

I have this game on discs and I absolutely loved it. My husband and I both played this together and had a good laugh Great game


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Posted on: January 3, 2012

DrunkenWagoner

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Games: 132 Reviews: 1

One of the top five adventure games

I can only think of a couple of of games that have really had an emotional effect on me. This is the prime one. It has to be experienced to be believed. it sounds like a cliche, but they don't make games like this anymore. And they never will. Play it.


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Posted on: March 2, 2011

akarlsoen

Verified owner

Games: 259 Reviews: 2

Great adventure!

Loved the creepy and crazy story. Graphics are also pretty good i think. Only thing I didn't like was the controls. Really annoying at times to control the character. Especially in the Mayan Maze. Point and click would be great to have as an option at least.


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Posted on: March 3, 2011

souann009

Verified owner

Games: 72 Reviews: 1

In shock!

Sanitarium is an excellent adventure game, it's like no other game I've played before. Even if the gameplay mechanics are those of a classic point and click game, the atmosphere is really unique. The isometric view allows a full appreciation of the game design and a clear gameplay. Even though the game is very creepy, there is still something of a fairy tale to it. The background story is really interesting and sort of beautiful. Love it.


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Posted on: February 12, 2012

BaldGriffon

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Games: 401 Reviews: 11

A mystery of the mind

Sanitarium was one of the first games I got on the PC, and it still remains one of the best point-and-click adventure type of game since then, the story leaves keeps you guessing what is going on, whatever or not the protagonist is insane, with each flashback being a small piece to understand who the main character is and why is he experiencing all the events of the game, which by the end comes full-circle and explains just about everything making a second play-thru even more enlightening than the first. It's truly an incredibly well thought out game, with an excellent and memorable psychological story-line that should not be missed.


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