The Game Census
Sanitarium cover art

Sanitarium

Dotemu · Ziggurat · 2014-10-29

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 29, 2015 (Android), Oct 29, 2015 (iOS)

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.

2
playing now
93%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
92/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (94 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 94 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–82k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,360 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.49-65%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Nuuvem (2019-08-23) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 41 of 48 observed days · $2.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-08-11 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992018-07-06 — best price $4.992019-06-06 — best price $9.992019-12-07 — best price $9.992020-03-25 — best price $8.992020-06-01 — best price $8.992020-06-25 — best price $3.992020-07-28 — best price $9.992020-08-29 — best price $8.992020-09-19 — best price $8.992020-10-15 — best price $9.992020-11-08 — best price $8.992020-12-04 — best price $8.992021-01-06 — best price $2.992021-01-30 — best price $9.992021-02-26 — best price $8.992021-03-27 — best price $9.992021-04-20 — best price $8.992021-05-29 — best price $9.992021-08-03 — best price $7.342021-11-26 — best price $4.992022-02-04 — best price $8.992022-08-26 — best price $8.992023-04-04 — best price $8.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-07-29 — best price $9.992025-04-28 — best price $12.992025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-02-28 — best price $9.992026-07-15 — best price $3.492026-08-30 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
74.8%
earned "Exhaustion"
32.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,67328%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

DarkRetro1990'sHorrorPuzzleClassicMysterySurrealAdventureIsometric

Census log

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

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