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After 13 years, Amnesia: The Dark Descent got Steam Workshop support out of nowhere

By Ted Litchfield published 3 June 23

news Despite the name, Frictional hasn't forgotten about Amnesia.

The best stealth games on PC

By James Davenport, PC Gamer last updated 16 September 22

Shhh Don’t let these sneaky games pass you by.

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AAA publishers failed the horror genre, but that's fine: it belongs to the indies now

By Andy Kelly published 30 June 21

Fright night And horror games have never been better.

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The best doors in PC gaming

By Steven Messner published 26 March 21

Knock, knock Most doors just open and close, but these doors go above and beyond.

This upcoming Amnesia mod explores one of Dark Souls 3's spookiest areas

By James Davenport published 28 September 20

news Return to the Profaned Capital in a first-person horror shell.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent and A Machine for Pigs are now open source

By Fraser Brown published 23 September 20

News Make your own nightmares.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent almost featured guns and Jesus

By Fraser Brown published 9 September 20

News A decade after its launch, Frictional Games shares what it could have been.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Crashlands are free right now on the Epic Store

By Andy Chalk published 30 April 20

news Scare yourself silly, or slap some silly animals on another planet. Or both!

For the King is free on the Epic Games Store, Amnesia is up next

By Fraser Brown published 23 April 20

News It's back to one freebie a week for now.

Soma studio Frictional Games may be teasing its next horrific thing

By Andy Chalk published 3 January 20

news The 'Next Frictional Game' website has been given its first update in four years.

Steam is haunted, keeps playing random creepy sounds from Amnesia

By Steven Messner published 1 March 19

News tHiS iS a CuRsEd ArTiCle.

This Amnesia mod is a standalone Lovecraftian tale without any scares

By Samuel Horti published 17 February 19

news The Shadow of the Ramlord will take around an hour to complete.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent will be even harder from next week

By Sarah James published 21 September 18

NEWS Come die with me.

Amnesia mod Amadeus is so good it could have been made by pros

By Andy Kelly published 2 May 18

mod spotlight Treat yourself to a new haunting inspired by The Prestige.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent and A Machine for Pigs are free on Steam

By Fraser Brown published 9 March 18

News Scare yourself stupid, twice.

The Amnesia Collection is free on the Humble Store

By Andy Chalk published 25 January 18

news Two of the finest horror games ever made are now yours for the taking.

Why horror games need to quit killing us

By James Davenport published 1 May 17

Dead tired Or find new ways to deal with death.

SOMA's designer on the Exorcist of video games and the future of horror

By Mat Paget published 29 January 17

NEWS Frictional Games' Thomas Grip says that the studio wants to continue telling innovative stories.

How Resident Evil became the "guiding light" for SOMA and Amnesia

By Mat Paget published 22 January 17

NEWS We chat with Thomas Grip of Frictional Games about his horror influences and Resident Evil 7's new perspective.

Steam achievements come to the Amnesia games

By Andy Chalk published 13 December 16

news They're currently in beta, but are accessible to anyone looking to pick up a few more achievements.

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