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Sanitarium cover art

Sanitarium

Dotemu · Ziggurat · 2014-10-29

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Sanitarium is an Adventure game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Very Positive (93% of 1370 reviews).

5
playing now
93%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 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
  • · 5 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 11% of 28,755 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–82k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,370 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 82 of 87 observed days · $9.00 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

502026-09-15 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
161Nov 2014Aug 2026Nov 2014 — avg 16 · peak 99Mar 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2015 — avg 3 · peak 21Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2016 — avg 5 · peak 38Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 14Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 24Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 21Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$1.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $3.492026-09-06 — best price $3.492026-09-21 — best price $4.992026-10-06 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

999572026-06-02 — 81 pageviews2026-06-06 — 81 pageviews2026-06-10 — 98 pageviews2026-06-14 — 71 pageviews2026-06-18 — 70 pageviews2026-06-22 — 80 pageviews2026-06-26 — 86 pageviews2026-06-30 — 57 pageviews2026-07-04 — 85 pageviews2026-07-08 — 195 pageviews2026-07-12 — 107 pageviews2026-07-16 — 85 pageviews2026-07-20 — 101 pageviews2026-07-24 — 78 pageviews2026-07-28 — 91 pageviews2026-08-01 — 88 pageviews2026-08-05 — 94 pageviews2026-08-09 — 92 pageviews2026-08-13 — 93 pageviews2026-08-17 — 81 pageviews2026-08-21 — 97 pageviews2026-08-25 — 999 pageviews2026-08-29 — 139 pageviews2026-09-02 — 96 pageviews2026-09-06 — 99 pageviews2026-09-10 — 92 pageviews2026-09-14 — 92 pageviews2026-09-18 — 70 pageviews2026-09-22 — 69 pageviews2026-09-26 — 62 pageviews2026-09-30 — 82 pageviews2026-10-04 — 79 pageviews2026-10-08 — 81 pageviews2026-10-11 — 691 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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.

Recent updates

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