Sanitarium
Worth it · Narrative · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99, a BANGER if it drops to $6.96.
- Cost per hourA
- $1.14/hr
- ReviewsS
- 93% of 1,386
- Genre rank
- Top 3% Narrative
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.96 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 8.8h
- To 100%
- 10h 1.1x the story
- Achievements
- 20
Price and sales
- Sales
- 74 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $1.99 December 2020
- Sale every
- 39d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 30% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 95% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
75% start to 10% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 74 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $6.96 BANGER line 74 times.
Its score sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Tormentum - Dark Sorrow ($3.95, scores 89) beats it on value, while it beats I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream ($1.49, scores 78).
More about Sanitarium
This site sampled 362 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 166 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 16 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Top thrilling adventure which is set in someone's schizophrenic mind? Is this all even real? What is going here? Who am I?
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
wow, was suprised how good it was. If you like point and clicks , you should check this one out. The looks can be a bit dated making completing certain puzzles a bit more challenging than they already are. It's optimized great! Played on SteamDeck LCD. I would rate it a 5 out of 5 .
I played this game back then when it was new. I remember I liked the beginning but didnt finished it...I can not honestly recommend this game and Im not sure how much is at fault the age of the game or deliberate designer choices. First problem is the movement. Althought this game is point & click game, you move by holding the mouse button and moving mouse in the direction you want to move. I dont remember this...
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About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Sanitarium scores 79/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/284050/sanitariumReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.