Yes, it does. If the main characters mental state gets too bad you actually lose the game.
The plot, however, isn't about mental illness or psychiatry at all...

Yes, I can see where you're coming from. But on the husband's side this isn't adressed as any kind of mental health issue but as a supernatural event and the main character doesn't show any signs of that either, iirc. I'd say mental health issues could be interpreted into the game, but aren't deliberately depicted.


Thanks, added to my library :-)


I might get this, seeing it's on sale right now. I heard it being a very good game before, I might give it a try.


I recently got Personal Nightmare, the description hints at it including topics of that category. I haven't played it yet, can someone who has tell me a bit about the game from that perspective?

The best part about that is that those are all fairly gimmicky, so after a while you're just primed to sort of expect things like that. But then there's a cutscene about halfway into the game where an NPC acts so seemingly out of character that to this day I'm not sure if that was supposed to happen or it was somehow Sanity related. So the game successfully managed to lead me down a path of doubt even with me knowing about its tricks.

Little Inferno is a casual game about being addicted to casual games. Also, its fun!

The game Countdown starts with the player trapped in an insane asylum (so dark and gloomy that when I first played the game I thought it was an horror adventure) and subjected to experiments.
https://www.gog.com/en/game/countdown

Distraint is a "Morality Play" following the story of an ambitious young man who, after performing some unethical actions, slowly descends into madness. There are some supernatural issues but the game always is ambiguous on wether the paranormal happenings are real or are psychosis bred from the protagonist's remorse.
https://www.gog.com/en/game/distraint_deluxe_edition

Three pages and no one has mentioned To The Moon? Surely one of the most powerful games ever made.

Overclocked is pretty good.

Pathologic and The Void are also worth mentioning. Although they don't directly deal with mental health issues, they have characters who clearly do.

Mostly off topic, but I immediately thought about Planescape: Torment and Little Nightmares when I read the title.

In the description of Countdown it says it's a prison, not an asylum. Is it presented differently in the actual game?

And it's on sale for under a buck, so how can I say no to that! Thanks, added to library :-)

That looks fantastic, thanks!

It's a mental hospital in Turkey. The main character is amnesiac and was sent there to be "taken care of" at the start of the game.

EDIT:
And I just noticed that people forgot to mention Tender, Loving Care - which seems to revolve around the theme of Psychiatry and emotions:
https://www.gog.com/en/game/tender_loving_care

Ok, thanks, I'll add Countdown to the list, then.

Is the GOG version of Tender Loving Care the censored one?

I also found "The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker", that seems to be interesting as well.

I'ts very important topic. Thank you for sharing.

Yes, because computer games and reality are the same thing.

Why necroing a thread from a year ago just to say thanks?

Anyway, for what it's worth, I guess The Suffering could also be listed here.