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An old school point and click adventure game in a nostalgic pixelart look. Young journalist Thomas wants to write a newspaper article about the psychatric asylum in the small town Fuchsberg. Not knowing yet that he will be going on a great adventure leading to the greatest article of his life.
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During his research for the article he finds out about an incident which will affect him for a long time and influence the course of the story.
What does this incident mean? What is up with all of this and what secret does the reverend mother try to hide?

One thing is clear. You don't get locked up in an asylum against your own will without any reason. Explore a world full of insane and unique people with Thomas and safe him from losing his life and mind because he has made himself some powerful enemies with his research.
Do you have the makings and the courage to make the story take a turn for the better?
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System requirements Windows · macOS · Linux
Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows Vista or higher
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series, Geforce 9400
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers
Recommended
Recommended:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 or higher
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4500 Series, Geforce 9400 GT or higher
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Mac OSX 10.7
- Processor: Intel 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850 Series, Geforce 130 Series with at least 512 MB VRAM
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: 16 bit
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Mac OSX 10.11
- Processor: Intel 2.7 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6970 Series, Geforce 640M GT or higher
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: 16 bit
Linux
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series, Geforce 9400
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4500 Series, Geforce 9400 GT or higher
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
- Publisher
- Weizengaming
- Brazilian rating
- 14
- Steam Germany rating
- 16
- Content warning
- Violence, Blood, Self Harm
- Achievements
- 21
- Features
- Single-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English, German
- Website
- Official website ↗
- Support
- [email protected]
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Buy Verdict
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Value Score
Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 93th percentile. Priced as Market at $7.99.
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