Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a Action, Adventure game from Frictional Games with a 95% positive Steam review signal. Indie Lantern indexes it for players browsing by dark, single-player.
Game snapshot
- Developer
- Frictional Games
- Release year
- 2010
- Playtime
- Varies by player
- Price
- $6.79
- Review signal
- 95% positive
Screenshots
System requirements
PC
- 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.
macOS
- 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
Linux
- 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
From Steam reviews
Review notes
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is worth a closer look if you want strong atmosphere, psychological horror, emotional story, and exploration.
Best for players who want strong atmosphere, psychological horror, emotional story, and exploration.
Check more carefully if you dislike technical roughness.
strong-atmosphere
ToneThe mood, place, and presentation carry a lot of the experience.
psychological-horror
SettingThe fear comes through pressure, perception, or psychological unease.
emotional-story
ToneThe story is framed as affecting rather than just plot-heavy.
exploration
Play styleThe draw is moving through spaces, discovering details, and learning the world.
narrative-mystery
Play styleA useful part of the game is piecing together mystery and story threads.
narrative-adventure
Play styleThe experience is more story-and-place driven than systems-heavy.
buggy
FrictionTechnical roughness or instability comes up often enough to check.
gothic
SettingGothic spaces, monsters, or architecture shape the mood.
Steam review snapshots
One of the best psychological horror titles out there.To keep it short, the atmosphere (both creepy and eerie), music, areas, enemies are really well done.The story is interesting without getting in the way of the horror, and the pacing keeps things moving at a good speed.Custom stories still come out by loving fans today so there are a lot to play, and their are some unbelievably amazing…Why it fits
Best for players who want strong atmosphere, psychological horror, emotional story, and exploration. Strong atmosphere and eerie presentation Psychological horror with a dark tone Story and exploration are central to the experience Single-player action-adventure from Frictional Games
Who might skip it
You dislike technical roughness You want a systems-heavy experience You prefer lighter themes