Amnesia: The Dark Descent is Free on Steam

By David Yee

Be excited or be frightened. For today only, Frictional Games’ 2010 single player survival horror video game Amnesia: The Dark Descent is free on Steam. Users have until Wednesday September 16 (today) at 10AM PST to claim their own copy during which the game is added permanently to their games library.amnesia_the_dark_descent_free_on_steam

Frictional Games is promoting the upcoming release of its soon to be released sci-fi horror game SOMA which comes out next week on Tuesday September 22. For a limited time, previous released Frictional Game titles, Penumbra and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, are on sale for 80%. SOMA is also on sale with a preorder special of 10% off.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent has been hailed as being one of the scariest video games ever to have been released. The player navigates dark spooky corridors where creatures roam about through a first-person perspective with no weapons. The immersive helplessness that pervades Frictional Games titles has inspired a number of other first-person survival horror games such as Outlast and Alien: Isolation.

If you have about 10 minutes for laughs, this playthrough posted to YouTube gives a taste of the terror that made Amnesia: The Dark Descent a favorite amongst gamers. The video does contain some foul language so be advised that it is not appropriate for all ages.