Amnesia Video Game Series

Work on Amnesia: The Dark Descent, which is the first part of the series, the studio began in parallel with work on the game Penumbra: Requiem. The item debuted in 2010 on personal computers, and appeared on other platforms over the following years. The game won several awards and was very well received by gamers, which was reflected in its sales (which amounted to about 1.4 million copies within two years of its release, recouping production costs several times over).

The second installment of the series, i.e. Amnesia: Machine for Pigs, debuted three years later on personal computers (and, like its predecessor, also appeared on other platforms over time). At the same time, the title was not the work of Frictional Games (which acted as its publisher), but of The Chinese Room team; we're talking about developers who at the time were known only for the warmly received Dear Esther, but in the following years they went down in gold in the history of the industry with the game Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. The item received a mixed reception from critics and players. Interestingly, initially Machine for Pigs was intended to act only as a mod to the original, but over time the project began to grow, making the studios decide to join forces to release it as a full-fledged sequel.

For the third part of the series Amnesia, titled Amnesia: Rebirth, players had to wait until October 2020. The title arrived on PC and PlayStation 4, and in time also appeared on other platforms. The work of the Frictional Games studio drew handfuls from the achievements of the series, and although it did not introduce significant novelties, it received a warm reception from reviewers and players. Nevertheless, the production did not sell as expected; suffice it to say that it failed to make money for itself in almost six months after its release.

Nevertheless Amnesia: Rebirth was not the swan song of the series. In 2023, its fourth installment appeared on store shelves, the Amnesia: The Bunker. Unlike its predecessor, the game in question introduced an important novelty - firearms (revolver) and grenades, which the character we controlled could use in no-go situations. In addition, in addition to serial opponents, the studio decided to introduce a main monster on the scale of Alien from the game Alien: Isolation.

Games in the series Amnesia run on the basis of Frictional Games studio's proprietary engine - HPL Engine. This technology provides three-dimensional graphics of high quality....