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Sanitarium

Point-and-click horror adventure with riddles and an asylum mystery

Dotemu · Published by Ziggurat · Released Oct 29, 2014

Adventure

Reviews
Very Positive
93% of 1,371
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
78% of 14 in 30 days
Players
2
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
12 years ago
Oct 31, 2014
Minimum PC
HD
1 GB RAM · 3 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Sanitarium?

After a car accident, you wake up bandaged in a gloomy asylum, unsure why you are there. In this point-and-click horror adventure, you explore dark, surreal areas and solve riddles to find out.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy solving riddles in story-driven adventures
  • +you like surreal settings and unsettling characters

Not for you if...

  • −you want fast-paced play rather than exploratory puzzles
  • −you avoid grotesque imagery or disturbing themes

What players say

93% of 1,371 reviews are positive · 78% of 14 in the last 30 days

Players praise the unsettling atmosphere and the way the story connects its varied chapters. Their most common complaint is awkward, slow movement; some also mention hard-to-spot objects and progress-blocking bugs.

How many players finish Sanitarium?

25% of Steam players have unlocked «Insanity», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Sanitarium system requirements

Minimum: HD, 1 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows Vista, 7, 8
Processor
Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
Graphics
Intel HD Graphics
Memory
1 GB RAM
Storage
3 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0

Recommended

OS
Windows Vista, 7, 8
Processor
2 GHz Dual Core
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
3 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0

Does Sanitarium have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Sanitarium run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
20
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German.

Does Sanitarium use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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