Amnesia: The Dark Descent
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.
- Released
- 2010
- Developer
- Frictional Games
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- 85
- Steam Deck
- playable
- Download
- Not stated
What is Amnesia: The Dark Descent?
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.
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 8 September 2010 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Frictional Games |
| Publisher | Frictional Games, THQ |
| Platforms | PC |
| Genres | Horror |
| Languages | 7 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q22986, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was Amnesia: The Dark Descent received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
Accessibility
Seeing
None declared
Hearing
None declared
Input
- Full controller support
Difficulty
None declared
Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | full support |
| Cloud saves | No |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | No official workshop |
| Online play | Single-player only |
| In-game purchases | No |
| Steam Deck | playable |
| Download size | Not stated |
| Add-on content | None listed |
| Age gate | None |
Content descriptors
- General mature content
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Problems players report
We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Amnesia: The Dark Descent on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.
- Crashes and freezes10 of 300 (3%)
game crashes if changing audio output to a headset instead of tv speakers.
Steam review, 31 October 2024 · 1 hours played · 3 readers marked it helpfulBut in a horror game like this where the horror comes from building dread constant crashing kind of kills any tension the game might have.
Steam review, 3 June 2026 · 18 hours played · 1 readers marked it helpful
A further 5 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.
Games like Amnesia: The Dark Descent
24 games overlap with Amnesia: The Dark Descent on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Amnesia: Rebirth, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Layers of Fear (2016).
Common questions about Amnesia: The Dark Descent
What platforms is Amnesia: The Dark Descent on?
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is available on PC. It first released in 2010.
How much does Amnesia: The Dark Descent cost?
$1.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.
Do players recommend Amnesia: The Dark Descent?
95% of 35,674 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
What is the Metacritic score for Amnesia: The Dark Descent?
85 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.
Does Amnesia: The Dark Descent work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates Amnesia: The Dark Descent as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.
Who made Amnesia: The Dark Descent?
Amnesia: The Dark Descent was developed by Frictional Games and published by Frictional Games, THQ.