Sanitarium vs Atomic Escape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sanitarium
Embark on a dark adventure as an amnesiac in a creepy asylum. Solve puzzles, uncover a complex plot, and escape this morbid universe. This enhanced mobile version offers new features for an immersive point-and-click horror experience.
- Amnesiac protagonist
- Morbid and creepy universe
- Puzzle solving
- Complex plot
- Touch and pad controls
- New inventory system
- Achievements
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In Sanitarium you play an amnesiac thrust into a morbid, really creepy universe. After a car accident you wake up to find that instead of lying in a hospital, you’re in an asylum with your head wrapped in bandages. Who the hell am I? What am I doing here? How do I escape? There endless questions eating away at you, and so too are the many puzzles you’ll need to resolve throughout this immersive, captivating adventure. Featuring a rich, complex plot set in an intense world where a very thin line separates reason from madness, Sanitarium is a masterwork suitable for point-and-click beginners, experts and everyone who enjoys captivating storylines and horror games. This version has not only been authentically recreated for mobile, but also enhanced with brand-new features: • Choose between touch mode and pad mode • A new easy-to-use interface specially adapted for touch devices • Automatic save system • Dynamic ON/OFF hint system • New inventory system • 20 Achievements to unlock • Choose between full screen mode & original mode • 3 languages available: English, French, German (voices and text) Originally released in 1998 for PC and Adventure Game of the Year Winner, this timeless point-and-click horror game is a must-have for adventure game fans. Discover or rediscover one of the scariest games of all time with this mobile version you can play anywhere! MORE ABOUT DOTEMU facebook.com/dotemu twitter.com/dotemu youtube.com/dotemu
Atomic Escape
Embark on a first-person point-and-click adventure set in a mid-century atomic age ranch. Uncover a secret space travel conspiracy by solving puzzles and cracking codes to access confidential files. Explore a retro-futuristic world with challenging yet accessible puzzles.
- Point and click gameplay
- Explore atomic ranch and secret facility
- Search for clues and solve puzzles
- 3D real-time graphics
- Retro-futuristic world
- Challenging yet balanced puzzles
- Conspiracy storyline
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Uncover a profound secret conspiracy solving puzzles and cracking codes to access the confidential files from a secret space travel project in this first person point and click adventure game set in a beautiful mid century atomic age ranch. -Point and Click Gameplay- Classic Point and Click Fun with modern mechanics, Explore A Beautiful Atomic Ranch with an underground secret facility, Search for clues, Find Items and Solve Puzzles, no Hidden Objects or pixel hunting. -3D Fast Real Time Graphics- Discover a Beautiful Retro futuristic world rendered with colorful high-quality graphics, move fast between scenes with responsive controls, solve clever puzzles taking advantage of 3D puzzle Design. -Challenging Fun to Solve Puzzles- Well Designed and Balanced Puzzles that are fun to solve for the experimented puzzler and friendly for brand new players, All the Puzzles are designed to feel Challenging yet not frustrating. -Beyond this World Storyline- Solve an Atomic Space Travel Conundrum, Discover the amazing secret hidden under an apparently regular Mid Century Atomic Ranch, Crack the codes to Access the Confidential files to reveal the truth about a profound Conspiracy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Atomic Escape at every 10 days against Sanitarium's every 73 months. Atomic Escape also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2). Sanitarium's advantage is ratings volume (131 vs 30) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Sanitarium costs $3.99 and Atomic Escape $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Atomic Escape holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 131 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Sanitarium's written reviews are positive against 74% of Atomic Escape's.
Sanitarium ships an update every 73 months, Atomic Escape every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sanitarium | Atomic Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (131 ratings) | 4.6 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 131 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 73 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 887 MB | 220 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | DotEmu | MediaCity Games |
Customer experience
Sanitarium
Atomic Escape
Bugs and requests
Sanitarium
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes or crashes in certain levels
- Dialogue skipping and desynchronization issues
- Unresponsive interactions and missing prompts
Requested features
3 requests- Add Russian language support
- Improve touch controls and UI for mobile
- Provide more instructions and tutorials
Atomic Escape
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sanitarium
No in-app purchases
Atomic Escape
No in-app purchases
Questions
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