Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Worth it · Action · 2010
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 90% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$3.9980% offBANGER
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.50/hr
- ReviewsS
- 95% of 35,921
- Critics
- 85 players 10 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 3% Action
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 8h
- To 100%
- 11.8h 1.5x the story
- Achievements
- 18
Price and sales
- Sales
- 99 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 January 2025
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 90 now
- Recent reviews
- 92% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 6% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
24% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
99 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $9.19 BANGER line 97 times.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 3 percent. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition ($9.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats SOMA ($29.99, scores 70).
More about Amnesia: The Dark Descent
The press gave it 85; the people who bought it give it 95 percent. A 10-point gap in the buyer's favour.
This site sampled 778 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 12 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 87 percent of the 3,092 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 5 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Just 100%ed the game, so here is my take: For a 16-year-old game, it holds up very well. The graphics are definitely dated, but gameplay > graphics all day. Honestly, I scared the absolute crap out of myself. The first playthrough was genuinely terrifying. Pro tip: play in a dark room with headphones, otherwise you're missing out on half the experience. Also, the Justine DLC? Short, but it somehow scared me even...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
One of the eeriest games I've ever played. The story was intriguing and it was fun to master and speedrun.
I have alot i can say about this game, maybe too much for my own sake, but il spare you the reading and just say. This game is the most overrated thing ive ever seen, i wouldnt recommend it at all
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Amnesia: The Dark Descent scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/57300/amnesia-the-dark-descentReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 4, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.