<s>
Sanitarium	B-Application
is	O
a	O
psychological	O
horror	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
car	O
accident	O
knocks	O
him	O
unconscious	O
,	O
a	O
man	O
awakens	O
from	O
a	O
coma	O
,	O
his	O
face	O
fully	O
bandaged	O
,	O
to	O
find	O
that	O
he	O
has	O
been	O
admitted	O
to	O
a	O
dilapidated	O
sanitarium	B-Application
and	O
that	O
he	O
cannot	O
remember	O
who	O
he	O
is	O
or	O
where	O
he	O
came	O
from	O
,	O
or	O
how	O
he	O
came	O
to	O
be	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
perspective	I-Application
and	O
a	O
non-tiled	O
2D	O
navigational	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
fails	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
(	O
by	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
getting	O
killed	O
)	O
then	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
transported	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
path	O
without	O
losing	O
progress	O
,	O
thus	O
a	O
Game	B-Application
Over	I-Application
in	O
this	O
game	O
is	O
non-existent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sanitarium	B-Application
was	O
commercially	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Kellner	O
of	O
DTP	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
which	O
handled	O
Sanitariums	B-Application
German	O
localization	O
,	O
reported	O
its	O
lifetime	O
sales	O
between	O
10,000	O
and	O
50,000	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
PC	O
Accelerator	O
,	O
Sanitarium	B-Application
was	O
a	O
"	O
critical	O
success	O
"	O
that	O
helped	O
to	O
raise	O
DreamForge	O
Intertainment	O
's	O
profile	O
as	O
a	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sanitarium	B-Application
won	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
1998	O
"	O
Best	O
Adventure	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
tied	O
with	O
Grim	B-Application
Fandango	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
,	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
IGN	O
and	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
(	O
AIAS	O
)	O
all	O
nominated	O
Sanitarium	B-Application
as	O
the	O
best	O
adventure	O
game	O
of	O
1998	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
lost	O
these	O
awards	O
to	O
Grim	B-Application
Fandango	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
USs	O
editors	O
remarked	O
that	O
Sanitarium	B-Application
has	O
beautiful	O
graphics	O
,	O
interesting	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
well-designed	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
nominee	O
for	O
GameSpot	O
's	O
"	O
Best	O
Story	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
AIAS	O
's	O
"	O
Outstanding	O
Achievement	O
in	O
Character	O
or	O
Story	O
Development	O
"	O
awards	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
to	O
StarCraft	B-Application
and	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Red	I-Application
and	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
programmer	O
from	O
the	O
Sanitarium	B-Application
development	O
team	O
announced	O
a	O
project	O
on	O
Kickstarter	O
called	O
Shades	O
of	O
Sanity	O
that	O
was	O
touted	O
as	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Sanitarium	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
Kickstarter-funded	O
adventure	O
game	O
called	O
Stasis	B-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
a	O
South	O
African	O
independent	O
studio	O
The	O
Brotherhood	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
Sanitarium	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
29	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
DotEmu	O
released	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
port	O
of	O
Sanitarium	B-Application
with	O
touchscreen	O
controls	O
,	O
dynamic	O
hint	O
system	O
,	O
achievements	O
and	O
automatic	O
save	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
named	O
Sanitarium	B-Application
the	O
36th-best	O
adventure	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
ScummVM	B-Device
added	O
support	O
for	O
playing	O
Sanitarium	B-Application
using	O
the	O
original	O
Windows	B-Application
game	O
files	O
,	O
enabling	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
the	O
various	O
platforms	O
ScummVM	B-Device
itself	O
supports	O
.	O
</s>
