Every Amnesia game, ranked
All 3 Amnesia games we hold, spanning 2010 to 2020: 3 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 57,114 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Amnesia: The Dark Descent (GamingPickz Score 8.1), the highest-rated entry we can score.
The Amnesia games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 3 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
3 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 3 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
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.
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Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- 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.
3 best Amnesia games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
- 1
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
8.1GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceAmnesia: The Dark Descent at a glance Released 2010 Studio Frictional Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 35,674 Critics 85/100 Price $1.99 Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 95% shrinks to 94.9 on 35,674 reviews, then blends with the 85 critic aggregate, giving 8.1.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 2
Amnesia: Rebirth
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
6.9GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceAmnesia: Rebirth at a glance Released 2020 Studio Frictional Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 9,326 Critics 80/100 Price $29.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 35 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 77% shrinks to 77.3 on 9,326 reviews, then blends with the 80 critic aggregate, giving 6.9.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 3
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
6.4GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceAmnesia: A Machine for Pigs at a glance Released 2013 Studio The Chinese Room Player sentiment 70% positive of 12,114 Critics 72/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 5 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 70% shrinks to 70.4 on 12,114 reviews, then blends with the 72 critic aggregate, giving 6.4.
What the data supports- Small install at 5 GB.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Amnesia game we can score is Amnesia: The Dark Descent at 8.1. The lowest is Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs at 6.4, a 1.7-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
How the series scored over time
GamingPickz Score against release year, 2010 to 2020. The later entries score lower than the earlier ones: the series has been trending down.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Amnesia: The Dark Descent at $1.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Amnesia entries on Steam:
- Verified: Amnesia: Rebirth
- Playable: Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Platforms across the series
Where the 3 Amnesia games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 3 of 3 |
The Amnesia series, game by game
Every Amnesia game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2010
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. (Steam)
Plot
On 19 August 1839, a young man awakens in the dark and empty halls of Brennenburg Castle in Prussia with no memory about himself or his past. All he can remember is that his name is Daniel, that he lives in Mayfair , and that someone or something is hunting him. Shortly after regaining consciousness, Daniel finds a note he wrote to himself, which informs him that he has deliberately erased his own memory and is being hunted by a "Shadow", an unearthly… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Amnesia: The Dark Descent received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic . Josh Tolentino of Destructoid , Adam Biessener of Game Informer , and Bev Chen of PALGN saw Amnesia as a return to true survival horror, contrasting it with action-heavy titles like Resident Evil or Dead Space . Its focus on powerlessness and psychological horror was seen as a bold, influential move, with Ashton Raze of The… (Wikipedia)
- 2013
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart. (Steam)
Plot
The game features several interlocking storylines. Some take place in the past, some in the present, and some are overtly real while some may be imagined. Set in London on New Year's Eve, 1899, the game's protagonist is Oswald Mandus, a wealthy industrialist and butcher. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . Eurogamer gave A Machine for Pigs a score of 7 out of 10, noting that it "will absolutely keep you fed". GameSpot gave the game a score of 8 out of 10, saying that while it's a "captivating adventure", it is also "a very dark and disturbing one that touches on depressing real-world themes and doles out psychological… (Wikipedia)
- 2020
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience. (Steam)
Plot
The game is set in March 1937, and follows Anastasie "Tasi" Trianon, a French drafter on an expedition in colonial Africa . After her plane crash-lands in Algeria , she wakes up to discover that her companions are missing, with no recollection of what happened. Following the trail of her expedition, Tasi realizes that she is pregnant and has come into possession of a Traveler's Amulet, an alien device that allows her to travel to an alien world. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Amnesia: Rebirth received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 70% of critics. Ben Reeves of Game Informer noted that "Praising Amnesia: Rebirth as a horror experience is easy", specifically noting the "superb environmental design and sound work". (Wikipedia)
Amnesia, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Amnesia vs other series
How Amnesia stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Amnesia games are there?
We hold 3 Amnesia games in the catalogue, released between 2010 and 2020. 3 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Amnesia game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Amnesia: The Dark Descent rates highest at 8.1. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Amnesia games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2010 to 2020. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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