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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
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: August 14, 2025

Sandu_Mihai68

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Games: 12 Reviews: 2

Sanitarium bug

The character is stuck in the barn and can't get out or interact with anything after the hide go seek game is initialized!


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Posted on: August 30, 2025

saebaryo

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Games: 443 Reviews: 1

Excellent game but so many bugs

Nothing to say about the game itself, it's a masterpiece. But the emulation here is not so nice. You get often kicked out of the game, even gog galaxy crashing sometimes. That should be solved, imo


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Posted on: September 1, 2025

HDWill1

Verified owner

Games: 46 Reviews: 1

Refreshing lack of moon logic

The first adventure game I've ever completed without reading hints or a walkthrough. The puzzles are generally straightforward and logical enough. There are seveal "apparatus" puzzles that are confusing at first but aren't too bad once you spend a few minutes on them.


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Posted on: September 7, 2025

rossijohn3

Verified owner

Games: 23 Reviews: 1

A classic that Reappears In Your Dreams

I first playes this game about 30 years ago. At the time I was a long time vetran of classic adventure gaming. With our a doubt, this was the most assimilating game I ever played. I couldn't put it down and played it through to the end in one sitting. For many yeafs after I finished it, it would creep into my dreams from time to time as a spectacular horror event, This is one not to miss!


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Posted on: September 17, 2025

Bellicoche

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Games: 35 Reviews: 1

Sanitarium

Horror is hard to translate to point and click but I'm in Chapter 4 caught in the protaginist's journey of madness. Or maybe it's of healing. Those questions made me invested in this old game.


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