Dawn Sanatorium

Dawn Sanatorium is a first-person psychological horror game about memory and identity. An old film reel leads you back into the sanatorium, which closed decades ago. You search its dark corridors for a forgotten name and the truth about what happened there—and to you.

The sanatorium

Your flashlight is your only shield in the darkness, but its beam can also reveal the nightmares waiting in the rooms. As you play reels, projectors bend and rearrange the space around you. You explore the dormitory to find your bed, descend to the morgue, restore power and solve light puzzles while piecing together fragmented memories.

Things in the dark

The Horned One watches rather than chases. It appears behind you, at a door or in the flicker of a reel; holding its gaze too long makes you unravel. In the pitch-black basement, a blind creature hunts by sound, so you can hide in a morgue drawer and stay silent. Reach the bottom of the sanatorium to discover an ending that recontextualizes what you thought you understood.