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Amnesia: The Dark Descent

📅 Sep 8, 2010
Frictional Games
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
94.6Rating
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18Achievements

About This Game

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a action/adventure game designed for single-player, developed by Frictional Games and released in 2010. With an estimated 1.8 million copies sold, it is considered a major commercial success on Steam. With 35.2k reviews on Steam, it stands as one of the more actively reviewed titles on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 94.6/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 7.74 hours, with side content bringing that to 9.36 hours, and a completionist run can reach 10.93 hours. Players commonly describe it as Horror, Gore, Psychological Horror, Survival Horror and Atmospheric.

Game Information

Release Date
September 8, 2010
Developer
Frictional Games
Publisher
Frictional Games
Platforms
Windows, Mac, Linux
Controller
Full Support
Price
$19.99

Analytics & Metrics

Copies Sold (VISE)
1.8M
(1.5M - 2.2M)
VRI ScoreLearning
74.5
Hard to call the data is inconsistent at this point.
VISE (VORYTHIC Intelligent Sales Estimator) intelligent predictive model estimating the number of copies sold on Steam, based on community data analysis and purchase patterns.
VRI (Vorythic Recommendation Index) a single number indicating whether the game is worth your time. Built from game data, putting real players' opinions above progressive 'critics'.

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Genres & Categories

Genres
Action
Adventure
Indie
Categories
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Full controller support
Captions available
Includes level editor
Commentary available
Remote Play on Phone
Remote Play on Tablet
Remote Play on TV
Remote Play Together
Family Sharing
Tags
Horror
Gore
Psychological Horror
Survival Horror
Atmospheric
Puzzle
First-Person
Nudity
Dark
Lovecraftian
Adventure
Indie
Singleplayer
Stealth
Exploration
Action
Story Rich
Walking Simulator
Physics
Surreal

Supported Languages

With Full Audio
English
Text Only
French
German
Italian
Spanish - Spain
Russian
Simplified Chinese

System Requirements

🪟 Windows
🍎 Mac
🐧 Linux
Minimum
Recommended
Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Processor: 2.0Ghz - Low budget CPUs such as Celeron or Duron needs to be at about twice the CPU speed
  • Memory: 2 GB
  • Hard Drive: 3GB
  • Graphics: Radeon X1000/GF 6 - Integrated graphics and very low budget cards might not work.
Minimum:
  • OS: OS X 10.7.5 - 10.15.0. This product is not compatiable with macOS 10.15 Catalina or later.
  • Processor: 2.0Ghz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Radeon X1000/GeForce 6 (Integrated Intel Graphics not supported)
  • Hard Drive: 2GB space free
Minimum:
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Mint 13 LTS, Fedora 16, fully updated
  • Processor: 2.0Ghz - Low budget CPUs such as Celeron or Duron needs to be at about twice the CPU speed.
  • Memory: 2 GB
  • Graphics: Radeon X1000/GeForce 6 - Integrated graphics and low budget cards might not work.
  • Hard Drive: 3 GB