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2025PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified83 % positive24.49 €

You explore a massive, decaying mental institute in this point-and-click adventure, where puzzles and supernatural dread drive every room. Inspired by Lovecraft and 80s Euro horror, it is the spiritual successor to the cult classic Scratches.

  • Dread and tension
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Asylum are Sanitarium, The Last Door and The White Door. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Asylum special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Sanitarium

97 %Match

1998PCSteam Deck playable94 % positive10.25 €

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Puzzles and brain teasers

A grim point-and-click adventure where an amnesiac man wakes in a disturbing asylum. Surreal chapters in which you step into different roles and a deeply unsettling atmosphere make it a classic of psychological horror.

The Last Door

Dread and tension

A pixel-art point-and-click horror adventure set in Victorian England, built on thick atmosphere, eerie sound design and a dark mystery following Jeremiah Devitt. Classic adventure puzzles drive an episodic tale of buried secrets and creeping dread.

The White Door

Strong, story-driven narrative

A dark point-and-click puzzle adventure from Rusty Lake: as an amnesiac patient you follow the clinic's daily routine and dive into dreams to uncover Robert Hill's past. The story is told almost wordlessly.

Mad Father

Dread and tension

A short RPG Maker horror adventure in which you play Aya, uncovering the dark secrets of her mad doctor father inside a mansion. Puzzles, chase sequences and multiple endings deliver a macabre yet emotional story.

Poppy Playtime

Dread and tension

A horror puzzle adventure set in an abandoned toy factory, where you use the GrabPack to manipulate circuits and flee from creepy toy monsters. Environmental puzzles mixed with chase sequences deliver short, intense scares.

Layers of Fear

Strong, story-driven narrative

A psychological horror walking sim set in a mad painter's Victorian mansion that rearranges itself whenever you look away. Its shifting rooms and unsettling art slowly piece together a tragic tale of obsession and ruin.

Phantasmagoria

Dread and tension

A 1990s point-and-click horror adventure with live-action video footage: as Adrienne you explore a sinister mansion and uncover its dark secret. Notorious for its graphic scenes and full-motion-video style.

Rusty Lake Hotel

Dread and tension

A macabre point-and-click puzzle game in which you play a hotel chef serving odd guests through clever, twisted puzzles. Its surreal, eerie atmosphere and cryptic Rusty Lake lore make it stand out.

Rusty Lake: Roots

Dread and tension

A dark point-and-click puzzle game where you grow the Vanderboom family tree across generations. Bizarre, macabre puzzles and an eerie atmosphere tell the story almost without words.

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