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Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Frictional Games · 2010-09-08

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 28, 2018 (Xbox One), Sep 08, 2010 (Mac), Sep 12, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 08, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 08, 2010 (Linux), Nov 22, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

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.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a 2010 Action, Adventure, Indie game priced at $1.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (95% of 35739 reviews) sentiment.

40
playing now
95%
positive of 36k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (537 ratings)
27
Nexus mods (2.9k downloads)
9.5h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

40 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a 2010 survival horror adventure game developed and published by the Swedish game development studio Frictional Games. It was first released on 8 September 2010 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Later, it was released to PlayStation 4 on 22 November 2016, Xbox One on 28 September 2018, and Nintendo Switch on 12 September 2019 as part of The Amnesia Collection. The game follows Daniel, who must explore the dark and foreboding Castle Brennenburg, while trying to maintain his sanity by avoiding monsters and unsettling events.

Trailer

Amnesia: The Dark Descent trailer thumbnail

Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Trailer

≈875,051 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 40 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 829 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~104/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.4M–2.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 35,739 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-01-06) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 44 of 91 observed days · $19.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34034020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

115162026-09-15 11:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 73 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 41 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 36 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 80 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 36 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 27 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 59 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 55 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 38 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 46 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 51 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 57 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 101 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 54 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 53 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 80 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 63 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 72 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 115 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 65 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 40 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
55342Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 553 · peak 1,366Dec 2012 — avg 188 · peak 587May 2013 — avg 139 · peak 298Oct 2013 — avg 117 · peak 488Mar 2014 — avg 83 · peak 211Aug 2014 — avg 95 · peak 178Jan 2015 — avg 91 · peak 294Jun 2015 — avg 64 · peak 161Nov 2015 — avg 124 · peak 688Apr 2016 — avg 71 · peak 163Sep 2016 — avg 70 · peak 157Feb 2017 — avg 83 · peak 194Jul 2017 — avg 91 · peak 213Dec 2017 — avg 82 · peak 222May 2018 — avg 110 · peak 686Oct 2018 — avg 143 · peak 457Mar 2019 — avg 63 · peak 126Aug 2019 — avg 65 · peak 122Jan 2020 — avg 83 · peak 210Jun 2020 — avg 84 · peak 170Nov 2020 — avg 147 · peak 791Apr 2021 — avg 75 · peak 172Sep 2021 — avg 63 · peak 163Feb 2022 — avg 67 · peak 142Jul 2022 — avg 62 · peak 131Dec 2022 — avg 58 · peak 130May 2023 — avg 45 · peak 107Oct 2023 — avg 64 · peak 230Mar 2024 — avg 48 · peak 112Aug 2024 — avg 45 · peak 98Jan 2025 — avg 110 · peak 451Jun 2025 — avg 46 · peak 101Nov 2025 — avg 59 · peak 197Apr 2026 — avg 42 · peak 94Aug 2026 — avg 62 · peak 163
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $3.592015-06-19 — best price $7.992015-11-10 — best price $4.992016-05-20 — best price $6.792016-12-12 — best price $19.992017-06-06 — best price $2.992017-11-03 — best price $19.992018-02-15 — best price $2.992018-08-06 — best price $19.992018-12-13 — best price $3.992019-06-21 — best price $2.992019-11-01 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $1.992020-10-22 — best price $1.992021-01-07 — best price $19.992021-06-14 — best price $3.992021-10-11 — best price $19.992021-12-20 — best price $1.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-07-25 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-07-18 — best price $2.992023-10-18 — best price $3.992023-12-22 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-06-11 — best price $19.992024-09-02 — best price $4.992024-11-26 — best price $3.992025-02-21 — best price $5.992025-06-03 — best price $2.992025-10-16 — best price $4.992026-03-30 — best price $7.992026-08-16 — best price $3.992026-08-31 — best price $1.992026-09-15 — best price $19.992026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9553342026-05-31 — 409 pageviews2026-06-04 — 376 pageviews2026-06-08 — 404 pageviews2026-06-12 — 400 pageviews2026-06-16 — 369 pageviews2026-06-20 — 419 pageviews2026-06-24 — 382 pageviews2026-06-28 — 385 pageviews2026-07-02 — 417 pageviews2026-07-06 — 430 pageviews2026-07-10 — 420 pageviews2026-07-14 — 384 pageviews2026-07-18 — 409 pageviews2026-07-22 — 382 pageviews2026-07-26 — 445 pageviews2026-07-30 — 492 pageviews2026-08-03 — 365 pageviews2026-08-07 — 355 pageviews2026-08-11 — 412 pageviews2026-08-15 — 377 pageviews2026-08-19 — 416 pageviews2026-08-23 — 463 pageviews2026-08-27 — 549 pageviews2026-08-31 — 451 pageviews2026-09-04 — 444 pageviews2026-09-08 — 428 pageviews2026-09-12 — 388 pageviews2026-09-16 — 709 pageviews2026-09-20 — 462 pageviews2026-09-24 — 443 pageviews2026-09-28 — 955 pageviews2026-10-02 — 475 pageviews2026-10-06 — 479 pageviews2026-10-10 — 427 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
23.4%
earned "NOPE"
4.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableIncludes level editorCommentary availableRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVRemote Play Together

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)29,3438%18

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkGoreIndieHorrorNudityPuzzleStealthAdventureAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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