Sanitarium 1998

Is it still worth playing?

DreamForge Intertainment's 1998 psychological horror point and click adventure for Windows, in which a man wakes in a run down sanitarium with his face wrapped in bandages and no memory of who he is. He explores the asylum and is transported to strange, otherworldly locations. The game uses an isometric perspective with a non tiled 2D navigation system and is divided into chapters, each with its own visual style and atmosphere. You find clues, solve puzzles and interact with characters. Each chapter ends with a challenge where you reach the end of a path while avoiding obstacles. Failing one returns you to the start of that path without losing progress, so there is no game over. Reaching the end triggers a cutscene and advances to the next chapter. With no game over, and chapters that each change the look and mood, it is still easy to follow into every new place.