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Sanitarium

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4.5/5

( 284 Reviews )

4.5

284 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

( 284 Reviews )

4.5

284 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
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:

This game is powered by ScummVM

This game is powered by ScummVM

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: October 31, 2011

hassou7

Verified owner

Games: 19 Reviews: 1

The best game ever

The world best game! The scenario is prefectly done and puzzles inside are just amazing. A must have game :-)


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Posted on: August 12, 2022

DonutFrank23

Verified owner

Games: 352 Reviews: 11

Really awsome, could have been a Gem

The game has a great plot, an excellent atmosphere, good characters, interesting mistery and it genuenly feels scary and chilling sometimes. Its´s a great game and definitely worth a try, but it could have been better. Really my only problem is that some puzzles when out of hand, some are definitely fun and have logic behind, however many are really not as clever or intuitive. This is the kind of game that if you didn´t have access to a guide or internet on it´s time really you could spend the whole year clicking stuff until it worked. (For instance the shovel on chapter 2 and many of the locks). I understand this is an old game and many were like that in that era, but the sense of achievment is somewhat lost when you have to search for a walkthrough


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Posted on: October 14, 2024

Monsterali3

Verified owner

Games: 151 Reviews: 6

Very creative and smart adventure

A very nice game I can recommend to anyone who likes creative and intelligent adventure games with a crazy setting and a good sense of humor. Only the control could be better and indeed it is an old game but the environment is very good designed. Made with love. I give it 4 stars because I love this game but control setting and graphic is not the newest. Could need a remake. I´ve never experienced any bugs.


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Posted on: December 20, 2024

Bulkstack

Verified owner

Games: 309 Reviews: 1

Great story and atmosphere

I enjoyed the game's story quite a bit. The mystery unfolds at a good pace. There are a lot of story elements presented towards the beginning that could be interpreted multiple ways, and I found myself coming up with theories about what was going on as I played. It was a lot of fun. The puzzles had logical solutions, but a couple of them asked for a particularly precise click, or for you to be standing in just the right spot. I had one frustrating moment where I tryed every possible option several times over, only to discover I solved it 20min ago and just needed to click on a barely visible handle instead of a door. Just be aware of that and if you think you figured it out, you probably have. Overall, I highly reccommend trying it out.


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Posted on: December 29, 2024

abahry

Verified owner

Games: 211 Reviews: 1

impressed

i am impressed with this game. im surprised it took me so long to discover it. i'm always scouring for good 80s and 90s adventure games. i grew up on kings quest and quest for glory. i've sifted through a lot of mediocracy during my search, but this game was a delightful find.


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