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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Frictional Games · released Sep 8, 2010 · data updated Oct 23, 2026
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 Sep 8, 2010
Steam figures
| Value | As of | |
|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | Overwhelmingly Positive · 95% positive of 20,514 Steam reviews | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Followers on Steam | No followers data for this game yet | |
| Regular US price | $19.99 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Twitch peak viewers | 329 | Oct 22, 2026 |
New Steam reviews per month
| Month | New positive | New negative |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 105 | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 133 | 14 |
| Jan 2026 | 136 | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 86 | 9 |
| Mar 2026 | 104 | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 80 | 5 |
| May 2026 | 87 | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 75 | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 80 | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 130 | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | 106 | 7 |
Sales estimate
| Copies sold on Steam | 840k – 2.3M | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross revenue on Steam | $6.5M – $22M before refunds, tax and Steam’s cut | |
| Steam reviews by buyers | 20,514 | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Copies per review | 41–108 |
Estimates are based on an aggregation of industry-accepted conversion formulas. This game was on Steam before reviews began in November 2013; many copies sold before then have no review, so the ranges may be low. How this is estimated
Tag DNA
| Tag | Share of Steam games |
|---|---|
| Lovecraftian | 1 in 93 games |
| Stealth | 1 in 33 games |
| Survival Horror | 1 in 23 games |
| Gore | 1 in 22 games |
| Nudity | 1 in 17 games |
| Psychological Horror | 1 in 12 games |
| Dark | 1 in 11 games |
| Horror | 1 in 9 games |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Outlast | Red Barrels | 93% | Overwhelmingly Positive · 105,216 |
| Outlast 2 | Red Barrels | 91% | Very Positive · 54,620 |
| SOMA | Frictional Games | 89% | Overwhelmingly Positive · 47,177 |
| The Evil Within | Tango Gameworks | 87% | Very Positive · 21,630 |
| Scorn | Ebb Software | 87% | Mostly Positive · 14,851 |
| Penumbra Overture | Frictional Games | 92% | Very Positive · 3,821 |
| MADiSON | BLOODIOUS GAMES | 92% | Very Positive · 3,049 |
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