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Sanitarium

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4.5/5

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4.5

289 Reviews

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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

( 289 Reviews )

4.5

289 Reviews

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Product details
1998, DreamForge Intertainment, ESRB Rating: Teen...
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
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Strong Language, Animated Violence)

Game features

Languages
English
audio
text
Deutsch
audio
text
français
audio
text
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Posted on: December 15, 2010

inkleach

Games: 7 Reviews: 1

eff you windows 7

wish it was compatible with windows 7:( ...i used to love this game


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Posted on: January 17, 2014

rozeless

Games: 200 Reviews: 1

the best game i ever played

i love this game .. i stil have the box and all it came in when i bought it


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Posted on: June 19, 2014

hellmonster67

Verified owner

Games: 340 Reviews: 7

Great Game, Too Many CTD's

Awesome game and story.... but, it will crash ( a lot ) and that pretty much ruined it for me by the time I got to the final chapter and finally was able to watch the ending today.. what the hell gog, fix it.


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Posted on: March 7, 2017

mortiswell

Verified owner

Games: 654 Reviews: 1

uHighly Unstable, but seems promising

After hearing good things about Sanitarium here on GOG and elsewhere I decided to give this game a shot. Unfortunately, the reviews saying that the game is highly unstable are correct and it depends greatly on your system. The game consistently crashes after solving one of the first few puzzles, making my actual progress in-game minimal. I've tried every forum recommendation, every configuration, and even every 3rd party program I could think of to get this to work, but to no avail. (For the curious I'm running Windows 7 HP x64). The little bit I did manage to play - short as it was - did leave me wanting to play more, though, so if you're willing to take a gamble with Sanitarium's stability give it a shot.


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Posted on: June 20, 2011

glasswalker

Verified owner

Games: 69 Reviews: 1

awesome game but..

constant crashing ruined it for me. :-/ I'm very disappointed. Thank god for shift+S though(quick save).


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