Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Steam Game) Steam logo

Amnesia: The Dark Descent Header Image
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Header Image

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.

Release DateSep 8, 2010
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95.6% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 10% / 94.6%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)93.2% Top 1% / 92.6%  Top 2%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)17.6K  Top 2% / 32.2K  Top 1%
Curators884 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time9.3 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar28 minutes
Followers35.3K  Top 4%
Owners± 5.9M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 1.6M  Top 2%
Gross Revenue ($)± 10.5M  Top 2%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Amnesia: The Dark Descent steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Amnesia: The Dark Descent's Steam rating and reviews from October 2010 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 100% (November 2010) and 94.6% (December 2023).

With its 32.2K reviews Top 1%, Amnesia: The Dark Descent is indisputably a major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Amnesia: The Dark Descent's review languages. The most popular language is English (60%), followed by Russian (12%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 28 languages represented. The game is available in 7 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Amnesia: The Dark Descent percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Amnesia: The Dark Descent, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 19 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 4.4 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A low negative review time (median : 132 minutes) can mean that the game crashes on some systems or that the type of gameplay was not completely clear to the players (Is the game unmistakably explained on the Steam Store ?). It is also possible that players were otherwise displeased by Amnesia: The Dark Descent and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Tense and gloomy atmosphere
  • Good scares
  • Creative construction of the plot
  • Interesting puzzles
  • Well-detailed environments and objects
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • Good dubbing and sound effects
  • Smooth and responsive controls
  • Multiple story endings to see
  • Well-integrated insanity feature
  • Confusing and inconsistent endings
  • Occasional bugs
  • Sloppy graphic textures
  • No incentive to replay main campaign
  • Linear exploration and fetch-quest based plot
  • Illogical and convoluted puzzles
  • Repetitive textures through all areas
  • Broken pull/push controls
  • Health items mostly pointless
  • Sanity not much of a challenge

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 95.6% rating  Top 10% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Amnesia: The Dark Descent's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

Games With Similar Tags

Outlast LogoThe Forgotten Ones LogoUnforgiving - A Northern Hymn Logo[Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント LogoMists of Aiden LogoThe Beast Inside LogoHome Sweet Home LogoNoise LogoPenumbra Overture LogoWhite Noise 2 LogoAnthology of Fear LogoWhite Day: A Labyrinth Named School LogoThe Goatman LogoAnna - Extended Edition Logo

More Like This

Dead by Daylight LogoResident Evil Village LogoResident Evil 4 LogoResident Evil 7 Biohazard LogoThe Outlast Trials LogoDREDGE LogoMetro Exodus LogoEscape the Backrooms LogoDead Space LogoDemonologist LogoThe Forest LogoFive Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 LogoHalf-Life: Alyx LogoScorn LogoOuter Wilds LogoResident Evil 2 LogoSubnautica LogoStray LogoDEVOUR LogoLittle Nightmares LogoFive Nights at Freddy's LogoLittle Nightmares II LogoThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre LogoTrepang2 LogoFive Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach LogoPrey LogoFIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED LogoWORLD OF HORROR LogoDON'T SCREAM LogoSIGNALIS Logo