Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator

Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator

Zeitglas · November 6, 2025 · Medical Sim, Puzzle, Detective, Political, Card Game

Buy Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator from Steam at $12.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator price by region

Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator costs $7.49 in Georgia (USD), £10.99 in the United Kingdom, €12.79 in Europe (EUR), $12.99 in the United States, CA$16.99 in Canada, A$18.95 in Australia, NZ$18.99 in New Zealand, R$41.99 in Brazil and zł59.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $7.49 $7.49 — 1
United Kingdom £10.99 £10.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €12.79 €12.79 — 1
United Statesyour region $12.99 $12.99 — 1
Canada CA$16.99 CA$16.99 — 1
Australia A$18.95 A$18.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$18.99 NZ$18.99 — 1
Brazil R$41.99 R$41.99 — 1
Poland zł59.99 zł59.99 — 1

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About Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator

“Sanatorium: A Mental Asylum Simulator Is One of the Most Unique Games I’ve Ever Seen” - VICEIt’s the roaring twenties, an age of technological progress and social upheaval. As the city around you expands, you feel left behind: a weary journalist burdened by debt and drifting purpose. Then, out of the blue, a cryptic message arrives from a childhood friend—perhaps the tip of a lifetime. It points to the infamous Castle Woods Sanatorium. A mystery waits there, and you can’t shake the urge to uncover it. It may be nothing more than a hunch, but it feels like a secret that could change everything. Even you. The decision is made: you pack your bags and set out for Castle Woods.
Test your wit and intuition. Every week, new patient files present new puzzles to be solved as you decide which tests to use to uncover symptoms and which treatments you prescribe to cure them. Decide whether you want to follow the rule book or try out experimental new treatments with unknown outcomes. Do you want to be kind or cruel? Business savvy or risk-taking? Uncover dark secrets behind the squeaky-clean facade of Castle Woods' walls. Meet helpless patients, ruthless opportunists, and an array of other intriguing characters. Collect clues and piece together the shocking truth about the Sanatorium and your own past.
  • Card-driven workplace sim — step into the role of a doctor in 1923, where every action is bound by the outdated tools and beliefs of the era.
  • Diagnose, “treat,” or withhold — decide whether to follow harsh, archaic methods or act with compassion, knowing both choices carry consequences.
  • Every patient is a puzzle — files unfold as layered card sets, with symptoms hidden, revealed, and misinterpreted through limited knowledge.
  • A full campaign across 4 chapters — uncover the secrets of Castle Woods and the lives caught within its walls.
  • Branching paths, multiple endings — your decisions shape not only patients’ outcomes, but your own fate as an impostor.
  • Over 100 cards to chart — symptoms, illnesses, tests, and treatments drawn from the unsettled history of psychiatry.
Evolve your treatment plan — upgrade treatments toward more humane practices, or double down on methods that protect your cover at any cost.

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Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Jun 14, 2026
Still extremely buggy. It's a fun concept, and has great potential, but it is not at all ready for release.
8 found this helpful
Not recommended May 31, 2026
I want to like it, I do.. there are good points. It feels like it could be interesting. If you do want to play it, take notes as you go However, it plays HORRIBLY badly on Deck and I just hit a game breaking bug trying to play on PC. I cannot recommend this game
7 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 13, 2026
Close to being a good game, but has so many weird little issues that keep it from being real primo stuff. 1. Every night, you can go exploring around the hospital. Unfortunately, most of the time there's absolutely nothing to do or see. Just doesn't seem very padded out, more of a time-waster than additional gameplay. 2. I swear the pipes broke every single night on the third ward. Having random events is great, but having the same random event every night gives for an unpolished feel. 3. The diagnoses were kinda weird and hard to make sense of or utilize. I get what they're supposed to do, but there were so many and yet I felt like I hardly ever used them at the same time. 4. Let me pick up the folder I just put down, omg! Several hours of fun before the wheels fall off. Not a lot of games like this, I don't regret buying or playing but it's too screwy to recommend to people.
6 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 1, 2026
I wanted to give this game a positive review as the game itself is fun and different and has a lot of positives but I simply cannot because it is unplayable with the bugs. I started playing this game a few months ago and it would eventually get to a point where the game will not progress due to the "continue" button not functioning. This has happened in many playthroughs in the same spot of the game and the discussion boards even state that it is an issue and the game has been patched many times since then but I STILL cannot proceed to the 4th Ward due to this bug. It has so much potential but when the game literally ceases to function and I cannot continue a session that I spent 10+ hours in, it is frustrating and sad. If they ever patch it to where I can proceed, maybe I will play again and update the review but until then, I caution you to not buy it as you won't be able to finish it.
4 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 1, 2026
You'd think after a YEAR they'd finally fix that stupid game-breaking bug in Ward 3. Can't progress the story whatsoever.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 15, 2026
it is a very fun card deck game, and the developers are very active releasing quality of life updates often making me a gamer feel very seen

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