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After a car crash, amnesiac Max explores an asylum and surreal visions, solving point-and-click puzzles to uncover what happened.
Released 29 Oct 2014
Explore Fever Dreams
Solve Surreal Puzzles
Become Other Selves
Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.
Developed by Dotemu · Published by Ziggurat






After surviving a car accident, Max wakes in a gloomy asylum with bandages around his head and no clear memory of how he got there. As he searches for answers, the boundary between the asylum and strange, dreamlike places grows uncertain.
Explore each setting by clicking to move and interact, speaking with characters, and finding objects. Use items on parts of the environment to solve puzzles and open the way forward.
The journey moves between the asylum and surreal episodes in which Max takes on other identities. Their different settings and characters gradually connect as he tries to recover his memories and understand his situation.
Players often praise Sanitarium’s unsettling, surreal atmosphere, its distinctive settings, and a story that gradually connects seemingly strange episodes. Many also enjoy the puzzles and music, though opinions differ on puzzle clarity and the game’s older controls and movement.

After a car accident, you wake up in a gloomy asylum with your head wrapped in bandages. Many questions remain, but the most important one to solve is: what are you doing here?

Sanitarium features a plot intricate set in an intense dark world where a very thin line separates senses from madness. There are many riddles to solve throughout this immersive and captivating adventure that will make your head spin with terror.
Even now, Sanitarium is a masterwork suitable for point-and-click beginners, confirmed or riddle-solving experts who enjoy.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 20 |
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| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |