Amnesia: The Dark Descent Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-25
- Outstanding horror atmosphere praised
- Influential classic horror game
- Engaging and well-written story
- Scary and holds up over time
- Outdated graphics and tech issues
- Frequent crashes affect players
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 35,776
- Positive
- 33,83894.6%
- Negative
- 1,9385.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,394,257
- Estimated revenue
- $47,861,197
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 341.90%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,275
- Estimated revenue lost
- $45,477
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 341.9% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1166.5% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 714% Avg playtime 9.1h | 1,57087.7% Avg playtime 24.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 5.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 27.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,786.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,791 total
Organic purchasers1,30773.0%
Voted up: 94%
Key activations48427.0%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,791 total
First impression0-2h18010.1%
Voted up: 81%
Mid game2-10h85347.6%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h50027.9%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+25814.4%
Voted up: 99%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
87.5%
Global baseline 94.1%
16 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 35,776 total.