Emotional, compelling story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“the story was excellent and the voice acting was amazing”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗
Amnesia: Rebirth
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%Frictional Games2020Horror · Puzzle · Adventure
−80%$29.99$5.99
US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A story-driven, beautiful but slow Amnesia entry about a pregnant mother, closer to a walking sim than The Dark Descent. Skip it if you want real scares or hate constant cutscenes and baby-checking.
Great for
Players who want an emotional, lore-rich Lovecraftian story with great environments and don't need heavy horror
Main risk
Expecting a Dark Descent-style scary game and getting a linear, interrupt-heavy walking sim
What changed in the last 30 days
27 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews call it boring, not scary, with weak story/puzzles, and compare it unfavorably to older Amnesia games. No single new bug or patch is evident; low confidence.
27 recent reviews
What players love
Stunning environments and art direction
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The environments are fantastic and were probably the highlight for me.”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗
Tense atmosphere and standout fort section
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The best part in this game was The Fortress level. The atmosphere, the environment and the puzzles were so good.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Good puzzles, resource management and multiple endings
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“sanity, resource management, limited lantern use, persistent inventory, hub areas during exploration, real puzzles”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Expands Dark Descent lore
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“It deeply expands on the story / lore, and makes tasteful references to the previous games!”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗
Great sound design and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The voice acting is very good. It has a quite cosmopolitan cast where everyone has a unique voice”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Boring walking-sim pacing and note-reading
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I found this much more of a puzzle-walking-sim than an immersive horror-hide-and-seek-sim.”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗
Not scary; weak enemies and little tension
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“A good looking sequel that forgot to be scary”
Steam review · 12 h played ↗
Constant interruptions: cutscenes, flashbacks, baby checks
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I don't like having to wait for a phone call to finish so that I can start climbing a ladder. I don't like having to stop in place for a minute because the baby just kicked again.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗
Annoying protagonist and pregnancy theme
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“i can't stand this woman yapping nonstop about some fkn baby”
Steam review · 21 h played ↗
Scarce light, darkness and fear mechanic annoy
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“lantern oil is scarce and runs out fast so your left just exploring in the dark running in circle”
Steam review · 12.4 h played ↗
Frustrating or obtuse puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“i had to look up a walkthrough over 10 TIMES for the puzzles because some of them have so many levers and items and moving parts with little to no information on how to beat them”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support35 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 / 8 / 10, 64-bits
ProcessorCore i3 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 4.0, Nvidia GTX 460 / AMD Radeon HD 5750 / Intel HD 630
Storage35 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 / 8 / 10, 64-bits
ProcessorCore i5 / Ryzen 5
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 4.3, Nvidia GTX 680 / AMD Radeon RX 580 / Intel Xe-HPG
Storage35 GB available space
OSWindows 7 / 8 / 10, 64-bits
ProcessorCore i3 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 4.0, Nvidia GTX 460 / AMD Radeon HD 5750 / Intel HD 630
Storage35 GB available space
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