In Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the player takes on the role of Daniel, an amnesiac man trapped in the mansion of a Prussian Baron named Alexander. The only clues to Daniel's true identity are mementos and notes left behind by Daniel himself, who reminds himself to find and kill Alexander. Gameplay has the player searching for Daniel's diaries and other notes and journals of the poor souls who have crossed Baron Alexander. The player must solve the mystery of the mansion while running from a Shadow that is constantly chasing the player throughout the game.

The game takes place from a first person perspective, however there are no weapons. Daniel cannot fight monsters and the only choice is to run or hide. Along with self-preservation, the players must keep the hero sane. In order to stay sane, he must keep moving and pushing the plot forward, as well as making sure there is always light. It is often necessary to scour every corner for oil and tinderboxes. Oil will allow Daniel to use a lamp to provide it with light and tinderboxes can be used to light candles and torches strewn throughout the mansion. If Daniel remains in the dark for too long,he will gradually lose his sanity. As Daniel loses sanity, the world will distort and become hard to navigate and will gradually fall apart and the Shadow will find the player. The player must evade the shadow entirely, but this will affect Daniel's sanity as to hide from the shadow, the player must also hide in the dark. The player must also never look at the Shadow because if Daniel stares at it too long, his sanity will be fully compromised and the shadow will find the player and take a deadly physical form.

The player must solve various puzzles and the game is very much a fully interactive adventure game. Interaction with the environment is performed by using a physics based method where the mouse is emulated as a hand, meaning the player will need to rotate it to turn wheels or use it to grab drawers and pull them open by moving the mouse. It is also possible to pick up objects and throw them to distract the shadow or solve certain physical puzzles.

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Alternate Titles

"Амнезия: Призрак прошлого" -- Russian spelling
"Unknown" -- Working Title
"Lux Tenebras" -- Working title
"Horror Cabinet" -- Working Title
"Amnesia: Mroczny Obłęd" -- Polish title

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User Reviews

Amnesia is a title no horror fan can afford to miss.	Kadath Bird (619)
Even an amnesiac will remember the time he played this.	dreamstealer (146)
Brilliant physics-based horror game will scare you like no other	Naster (4)
Good horror, but not my thing	Pixelspeech (890)

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The Press Says

Game Critics	Nov 21, 2010	10 out of 10	100
Game Arena	Sep 14, 2010	9.5 out of 10	95
Adventure Gamers	Sep 08, 2010		90
CanardPC	Sep 15, 2010	9 out of 10	90
4Players.de	Sep 17, 2010	86 out of 100	86
Just Adventure	Apr 16, 2011	B+	83
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Dec 28, 2010	83 out of 100	83
Spazio Games	Sep 17, 2010	8.2 out of 10	82
Gamereactor (Denmark)	Sep 06, 2010	8 out of 10	80
JeuxVideoPC.com	Sep 17, 2010	16 out of 20	80