Imaginary Friend Asylum
Nightmare Emporium · 2024 · Action, Adventure, Simulation, Interactive Fiction, Exploration
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About Imaginary Friend Asylum
It's 1949, and you're a new patient at Hathmoore Children's Asylum. During your stay, you'll explore and discover disturbing secrets, including the mysterious Ghost of the Asylum. Along the way, you will befriend other children and their imaginary friends. Together, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.
Key Features:
- Average playtime of 3-4 hours
- Atmospheric environment and realistic graphics
- Elements of exploration, stealth, platforming, and ARG
- Immersive storytelling, dialogue, cutscenes, and lore
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Players consistently praise this game's compelling story and its thoughtful, sensitive portrayal of historical asylum abuse, appreciating the psychological depth and unique art style that exceed initial expectations. The main complaint centers on tedious stealth gameplay sections with nurses that can feel like a slog, though players generally agree the narrative payoff makes it worthwhile. Most recommend the game to story-focused players, noting it's a relatively brief but memorable experience.
love it
I bought this game expecting it to be a kind of silly jumpscare-fest that demonizes the mentally ill, but was pleasantly surprised to find an actually sensitive portrayal of the abuse that asylum patients endured in the mid 20th century. It's a very charming game with an interesting story and a cool art style that I feel has been horribly mis-marketed. The best example I can give for the mis-marketing is that the imaginary friend in the bottom center right of the cover image only looks like that on the back of his head. The front of his head is a cutesy easel with a smiley face. I would have played this a lot sooner if I knew there was actual substance and nuance to this game. Perhaps these are backhanded compliments ("I thought your game was gonna suck but it was surprisingly good"), but I sincerely enjoyed my time and recommend this to anyone who can stand the brutal subject matter and jumpscares.
One of the most unique games I've played in a while. The story is honestly really good and anyone who likes linear story games.
I LOVE THIS GAME!! The story is amazing the character design is so inspiring and I love it so so much!
I played the demo way back when and became enamored with the story! But I will admit that the tedious sneaking gameplay with the nurses did get annoying, and I put down the game for a while... I just finished it and honestly I wish I had sooner! If you're reading this before buying, please know that the story is well worth it, just hang in there!
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