Sanitarium

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• Android

Genres

• graphic adventure game

• action game^*

• adventure game^*

• horror game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  T - Teen^*

Localized titles

• Sanitarium

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Adventure^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• French^*
• German^*

Community tags · historical

• Point & Click^*

  Votes · historical

  90^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  86^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  84^*

• Psychological Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  67^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  53^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  50^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  43^*

• Retro^*

  Votes · historical

  43^*

• 1990's^*

  Votes · historical

  40^*

• Dark^*

  Votes · historical

  35^*

• Puzzle^*

  Votes · historical

  34^*

• Isometric^*

  Votes · historical

  31^*

• Surreal^*

  Votes · historical

  31^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  28^*

• Mystery^*

  Votes · historical

  23^*

• Cult Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  22^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  19^*

• Thriller^*

  Votes · historical

  15^*

• Narration^*

  Votes · historical

  13^*

• Supernatural^*

  Votes · historical

  10^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows Vista, 7, 8^*

  Processor alternatives

  Pentium 4 2.4Ghz^*

  Memory

  1 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Intel HD Graphics^*

  Graphics API

  Version 9.0^*

  Storage

  3 GB available space^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  2 GHz Dual Core^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA GeForce GT 640^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  9^*

  Community confidence

  moderate^*

Developers

• DreamForge Intertainment

• Dotemu^*

Publishers

• Ziggurat^*
• XS Games^*

• 1998-04-30

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 1998-05-10 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  1998-05-10^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Oct 29, 2014^*

Detailed specifications