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Mental Hospital - Child of Evil cover art

Mental Hospital - Child of Evil

Igor Migun · AGaming+ · 2022-01-14

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mental Hospital is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.

Mental Hospital - Child of Evil is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $5.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 66 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-14

62%
positive of 66 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 27,802 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 66 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2023-03-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820222026Week of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.392022-01-142026-10-082022-01-14 — best price $6.992022-04-15 — best price $0.992022-06-10 — best price $9.992022-08-04 — best price $3.992022-09-15 — best price $2.792022-11-29 — best price $3.992023-02-04 — best price $1.992023-03-23 — best price $0.392023-05-20 — best price $3.992023-08-02 — best price $0.792023-09-25 — best price $3.992023-11-06 — best price $1.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-01-15 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $0.592024-04-10 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-08-22 — best price $2.992024-10-19 — best price $5.992024-12-05 — best price $3.292025-01-18 — best price $2.992025-03-25 — best price $5.992025-06-07 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-09-20 — best price $1.192025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $0.712026-01-30 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $1.192026-04-28 — best price $5.992026-08-24 — best price $1.192026-10-08 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DDarkIdler1990'sActionDemonsPuzzleStylizedAdventureDetective

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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