Is Serene Asylum free?

Yes — Serene Asylum is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Can I play Serene Asylum on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Serene Asylum. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Is Serene Asylum multiplayer?

No — Steam lists Serene Asylum as single-player only.

Is Serene Asylum on PC Game Pass?

No — Serene Asylum is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Serene Asylum

Name: Serene Asylum
Brand: MPlant Games
Availability: InStock

MPlant Games · October 5, 2021 · Exploration, Puzzle, Psychological Horror, Story Rich, Casual

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About Serene Asylum

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Serene Asylum drops you into the dark, puzzle-filled halls of an abandoned insane asylum where you must uncover the truth behind your mysterious presence and escape before losing your grip on reality. Navigate through atmospheric horror, solve environmental puzzles, and piece together the sinister history of Santa Rosa Asylum in this first-person exploration game.

You wake up on the operating table in an abandoned insane asylum unaware of how you got there. Wander around the dark halls of horror as you solve puzzles and uncover the truth behind the dark history of Santa Rosa Asylum. Escape with your sanity intact or suffer to repeat the endless cycle. Now if you're reading this, you need to wake up!

Trigger Warner. This game may contain graphic descriptions and/or graphic implications of suicide. Player discretion advised.

Controls WASD, mouse to turn camera
Click to pick up items, click again to drop
"E" key if prompted to interact with items/ "E" again to stop interacting
"P" key to pause game or access settings page

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Solo Developer Here! Thanks for checking out my game. I hope you all enjoy it and feel free to join the discord to report any bugs you find and I'll do my best to patch them as soon as possible.

10-08-21 PATCH NOTES:
- camera collision box fix
- character collision box fix
- trigger boxes replacement
- reduced mouse sensitivity

10-10-21 PATCH NOTES
-added mouse sensitivity setting in settings page

10-12-21 PACTH NOTES
- added audio settings to the settings page
- reworked collision boxes

Serene Asylum — game info

Platforms: Windows
Player modes: Single-player
PC Game Pass: Not included

What Steam players say

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

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Players appreciate the game's creepy, unsettling atmosphere and nightmare-like aesthetic with its disturbing entities and surreal environments, finding it genuinely frightening and unique. However, they frequently complain about poor movement mechanics that cause frustrating collision issues and getting stuck on objects, which detracts from the experience.

Recommended Jul 26, 2024

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8 found this helpful

Recommended May 19, 2026

Fun and diffCULT

Not recommended Jan 23, 2026

The movement in this game is really bad i kept getting stuck on things.

Not recommended May 14, 2025

i want a refund . preferably payout in anti nausea meds

Recommended Dec 22, 2024

wow this game pretty much shocked me how cultish and kreepy it was lots of kreepy stuff you dont see everyday entities all throughout the game felt like I was in a nightmare had constant feeling something was watching me very kreepy good game and yes felt like something happened to me got teleported and saw weird things the naked eye wasnot supposed to see very nightmarish type of game those kreepy hooded entities with glowing eyes the devilish laugh didnt help calm me lol scared me felt very weird but game was good overall definately recomended hope to see more from this in future very good game felt like hell mixed with teleporting worlds . Had me thinking they was doing a ritual on me .

Recommended Jul 26, 2024

no da miedo zzz

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