62%Good matchAsylum: Patient Zero
76%26976% positive reviews, Mostly Positive across 269 reviews·Puzzle · Horror
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Be forced to expand your knowledge through various mini-games in a timeless limbo. Memorize, Deduce, and survive the suffocating darkness in this atmospheric horror game!
Purgatorial Learning
SteamWaking up in a dark, damp room with no memory or past, you call out into the darkness but receive nothing back. The unknown room lurches to life, sending various strange machines around you. Without much choice you abide by the hidden taskmaster and complete these strange challenges, hoping to learn more about your situation.
Complete various Mini-games and Challenges to survive!

Sounds in the Darkness
Can you focus while something skitters in the corner of your eye.

Elusive Storytelling
A figure out and deduce the complex story of Purgatorial Learning without any hand holding!

In Purgatorial Learning you must be observant of your surroundings to progress in this mind bending tale that spans generations.
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