Amnesia: The Dark Descent redefined horror gaming by stripping away combat entirely. The helplessness of facing a monster with no weapon, combined with the sanity system that punishes you for both darkness and seeing enemies, creates a uniquely stressful horror experience.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror, gothic horror, walking simulator, indie horror game developed by Frictional Games, released in 2010. Available on PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, macOS, Linux.
Community ratings give Amnesia: The Dark Descent an intensity score of 4.0 out of 5. Jump scares are rated as moderate. Content warnings include violence, psychological horror, gore, torture.
Played from a first-person perspective. Solo mode available. Average playtime is approximately 8 hours.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent has moderate jump scares according to community ratings.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent has an intensity rating of 4.0 out of 5 based on community votes.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent contains the following content warnings: Violence, Psychological Horror, Gore, Torture.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is available on PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, macOS, Linux.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent was developed by Frictional Games. Published by Frictional Games.
