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A psychological thriller often praised for its atmosphere and originality, Sanitarium tells the story of a man stricken with amnesia, trying frantically to unveil the details of his institutionalization in a terrifying asylum. The search for his own identity takes place within the grounds of the sanitarium and in the main character's delusions and flashbacks, as he confronts the ghosts of his past. The dark mood and graphics of the game are matched by an equally ominous musical background. The game uses a 3rd person perspective and a non-tiled 2D navigation system. Each world from each of the 9 chapters (over which the game spans) carries a distinct atmosphere that presents either the real and imaginary world of the main protagonist. In many cases, it is unclear to the player which of these worlds the game is currently in play. This indistinction underlines much of the psychological horror portrayed in the game.
Levels in SanitariumThe Tower Cells The Innocent Abandoned The Courtyard and Chapel The Circus of Fools The Cave The Mansion The Laboratory The Hive The Morgue and Cemetery The Lost Village The Maze The Gauntlet Morgan's Last Game
Easter EggsMad Programmer Outburst Inside the main program file, sntrm.exe, on the XS (pre-patched) version of the game there exists a humorous outburst as a possible error code, on what would be line 774 if the file were interpreted as text, when searched by the utility grep: c:\sntrm_k.txt ERROR: Invalid NPC ID --> All resources == 0 Stupid Dumbshit Goddamn Motherfucker! Unable to find encounter keyword %d '%s' in encounter %d No portrait for this encounter. Goodbye. Developer's Graves In Chapter 7, The Morgue and Cemetery, some headstones contain the names of people associated with the development of the game. Clicking on the stones will trigger naration of a name and a funny epithet. More deveveloper headstones appear in Chapter 9, The Gauntlet. Developer headstones can be distinguished from headstones relevant to gameplay because the last name on a developer's headstone will be abbreviated to a single letter. Red herrings Two examples of red herrings exist in the title. The second chapter features a hut with a large paint impression of a red herring on the roof, the character states his disappointment of the fact it contains no useful items or objects. The second instance of a red herring exists in lost village chapter and is found in the water temple after you enter, Olmec verbily mentions how it must be useful due to its 'crimson color'.
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