Asylum
From the creators of cult sleeper hit
Scratches
and the haunting
Serena
, comes a chilling journey into the darkest depths of your mind. ASYLUM is an ambitious and intricate horror adventure casting you into the hallucinatory setting of the Hanwell Mental Institute, a silent witness to unimaginable atrocities that transpired between its endless corridors.
With influences ranging from Lovecraft to Peter Cushing to Lucio Fulci, ASYLUM has been meticulously crafted with a strong focus on storytelling and atmosphere. Explore countless tenebrous environments, find your way throughout a towering, lifelike mental hospital, and solve a surreal mystery that will haunt you for years to come.
What you can expect
A mind-bending original storyline that we somehow managed to keep secret during 10 years of production.
An atmosphere so engrossing you will almost smell the stench of decrepitude and putrefaction around you.
Exciting challenges rewarding your wit and observation. No pixel hunting or boring math puzzles.
Memorable soundtrack inspired by vintage horror productions and quite a bit of John Carpenter.
No jump scares! OK, maybe just a frightening couple that will hit you when you least expect it.
Relentless pacing leading to a shocking and disturbing conclusion. You simply won’t believe what’s coming!
We poured our heart and soul into creating an involving and endlessly rewarding adventure. If you love the kind of slow-burning horror with an old-school sensibility that creeps upon you, ASYLUM will be an unforgettable experience.
Mature Content Description
The developers describe the content like this:
This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content
Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
CPU | Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 1.80GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ | Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ |
VRAM | 256 MB | 256 MB |
RAM | 1 GB | 2 GB |
OS | Win Xp 32 | Win Xp 32 |
Graphics Card | nVidia GeForce 6600 / AMD Radeon HD 4250 | nVidia GeForce 8800 GS / AMD Radeon X800 XT Platinum |
Direct X | DX 9 | DX 9 |
SOUND CARD | DirectX Compatible | DirectX Compatible |
HDD Space | 2 GB | 2 GB |
Game Analysis | Asylum is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to finish up its funding and release on steam and other platforms - go help!Asylum is an upcoming survival horror adventure game, that will be released in 2013, being developed by Senscape, an independent video game developer located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The game is being authored by Agustín Cordes, who previously designed the game Scratches for the now defunct developer Nucleosys. Taking place in a fictional insane asylum called the Hanwell Mental Institute, players will be able to fully explore the institute, which is partially based on blueprints of real asylums.The game was officially announced on July 9, 2010 after a previous viral marketing campaign that involved a series of online videos posted on YouTube alleged to be posted by an escaped inmate called Leonard Huntings. A fake website for the Hanwell Mental Institute was also created. The first official screenshots were posted on August 12, 2011. | |
High FPS | 200+ FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
Note | Consider having heart medication nearby. Just in case. | |
Optimization Score | 10 |
Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
CPU | 2.4Ghz or higher | 3.2Ghz |
RAM | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
OS | Mac OS X 10.12 or later | Mac OS X 10.13 |
Graphics Card | ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT or equivalent | AMD Radeon R9 M295X or equivalent |
HDD Space | 15 GB available space | 15 GB available space |
Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
CPU | 2.4Ghz or higher | 3.2Ghz |
RAM | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
OS | Ubuntu 10.10 or later | Ubuntu 10.10 or later |
Graphics Card | Vulkan or OpenGL 4.3 compatible video card | Geforce GTX 630 or equivalent |
HDD Space | 15 GB available space | 15 GB available space |