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Sanitarium

A psychological horror point-and-click adventure game in which a man wakes up in a near-deserted sanitarium after a car crash without any recollection of who he is or how he got there.

92 28 April 1998

Sanitarium is an adventure developed by DreamForge Intertainment, released 28 April 1998 on Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Sanitarium is

Sanitarium is an adventure game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and released in 1998. It was published by ASC Games. It is available on Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Asylum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sanitarium is a psychological horror point-and-click adventure video game that was originally released for Microsoft Windows. It was developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by ASC Games in 1998. It was a commercial success, with sales of around 300,000 units. In 2015, it was ported to iOS and Android devices.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 20 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Sanitarium holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 97% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 95 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Pentium 4 2.4Ghz, 1 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Sanitarium — frequently asked questions

When did Sanitarium come out?
Sanitarium was released on 28 April 1998 for Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Sanitarium?
At minimum, Sanitarium needs Pentium 4 2.4Ghz, 1 GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics graphics, 3 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Sanitarium?
The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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