Amnesia: The Dark Descent vs Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a horror puzzle game from Frictional Games (2010) while Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is an action-adventure horror game (2021).
What each one is
Steam files Amnesia: The Dark Descent under Horror and Puzzle. In contrast, it files Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach under Action-Adventure and Horror.
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.
In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.
At a glance
| Amnesia: The Dark Descent | Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 8.1/10 | 7.3/10 |
| Steam rating | Overwhelmingly Positive (95%, 35,674) | Very Positive (86%, 69,950) |
| Critic aggregate | 85/100 | No aggregate |
| Price | $1.99 | $39.99 |
| Install size | — | 80 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | verified |
| Released | 2010 | 2021 |
| Developer | Frictional Games | — |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent vs Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Amnesia: The Dark DescentHorror puzzle gameFive Nights at Freddy's: Security BreachAction-adventure horror gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Amnesia: The Dark DescentHorror, Gore, Psychological HorrorFive Nights at Freddy's: Security BreachHorror, Survival Horror, RobotsThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Amnesia: The Dark Descent ✓Score 8.1 · 95% on Steam · 85 criticFive Nights at Freddy's: Security BreachScore 7.3 · 86% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Amnesia: The Dark Descent35,674 reviewsFive Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach69,950 reviews · 1 add-on · 80 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Amnesia: The Dark Descent ✓$1.99Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach$39.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Amnesia: The Dark DescentPlayableFive Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach ✓VerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueAmnesia: The Dark Descent and Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Multi-platform
- PC
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
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- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Amnesia: The Dark Descent (GamingPickz Score 8.1)
- The cheaper right now: Amnesia: The Dark Descent ($1.99)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (verified)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericFirst-PersonAdventureIndieSingleplayerStealth
Where they differ
GorePsychological HorrorPuzzleNudityDarkLovecraftian
RobotsMultiple Endings3DArtificial IntelligenceThrillerAction-Adventure
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Amnesia: The Dark Descent is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is family-friendly and approachable.
System requirements, side by side
| Amnesia: The Dark Descent | Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti |
| Minimum CPU | 2.0Ghz - Low budget CPUs such as Celeron | AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Core i5 6600K |
| Minimum RAM | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Install size | — | 80 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Amnesia: The Dark Descent · Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Amnesia: The Dark Descent and 1 for Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach in scope?
Amnesia: The Dark Descent has drawn 35,674 Steam reviews. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach has drawn 69,950 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 80 GB.
Is Amnesia: The Dark Descent or Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Amnesia: The Dark Descent rates higher (8.1 to 7.3). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Amnesia: The Dark Descent or Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach?
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is cheaper right now at $1.99, against $39.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.