Amnesia: Rebirth
Amnesia: Rebirth
Game
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Developer The Chinese Room
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is a 2013 survival horror game developed by The Chinese Room and published by Frictional Games. Originally meant to be a mod, the game is an indirect sequel to Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010), which was both developed and published by Frictional Games. While set in the same universe as the previous game, it features a new cast of characters and time setting. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
413 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
156 positive · 87 negative
95% range 58–70%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 156 | 87 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 26 | 6 | 133 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
4,407 of 6,709 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
66% recommend · 140 yes, 73 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 213 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (8,488 of 12,192 positive).
Players are divided on this sequel, with many praising its story and atmosphere while criticizing its simplified gameplay. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note it feels more like a walking simulator than a survival horror game. [4][5][6] Technical issues like crashes and performance problems are reported by several players. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [17]
The worst Amnesia by far This is a plot-driven horror game that doesn't scare you in the slightest and has a highly predictable story. Gameplay-wise it's boring as hell. Apart from the scripted encounters with monsters, A Machine for Pigs plays like your everyday interactive movie. There's no survival horror elements and interesting mechanics like inventory or sanity from other Amnesia entries. And the encounters …
- [8]
I don't know what kind of spaghetti code situation is going on with this one but, game's just broken. I fell off of the map at some point, it consistently crashes at the end of each level --in other words whenever you see a loading screen-- there are frame drops here and there to weirdly 40 from steady 60 on a whim which is so specific I can't really wrap my head around as to why it happens. At some point I was …
- [1]
Despite the lukewarm reception over the years, I ended up enjoying Amnesia A Machine for Pigs far more than I expected almost as much as the original Dark Descent, just in a different way. It shares a lot of the same narrative DNA you play as someone with a fractured memory, slowly uncovering a dark, tangled past that links you directly to the main antagonist. Instead of the medieval and Victorian occult atmosphere …
- [18]
This game is not Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and that is what makes it good. This game lacks the lantern needing fluid, the sanity mechanics, the darkness, all of that. but, it still works. The reason people write off A Machine For Pigs is because it lacks what the first game had, but they remain blind to this game's true potential. It is not Amnesia: The Dark Descent two. It does not one-up the previous game, or …
- [3]
Unfortunately quite a big step backwards compared to its predecessor. The missing survival mechanics such as managing light and sanity as well as the generally weaker presentation make it impossible for the game to reach the level of The Dark Descent for me. That is also one of the main reasons why the game rarely feels truly tense. Most enemies are fairly easy to avoid and overall the constant pressure that made …
Summarised from 34 of the 309 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs talk about great story and atmosphere; those who didn't talk about removed survival mechanics like sanity and inventory. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Eurogamer gave A Machine for Pigs a score of 7 out of 10, noting that it "will absolutely keep you fed". GameSpot gave the game a score of 8 out of 10, saying that while it's a "captivating adventure", it is also "a very dark and disturbing one that touches on depressing real-world themes and doles out psychological horror along with monsters and gore". Edge magazine wrote that "A Machine For Pigs will prove divisive among fans of Frictional Games' much-lauded original". Jim Rossignol of Rock, Paper, Shotgun noted in his review of A Machine for Pigs that it "is a…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 413 · most liked firstThis game is not Amnesia. This game is something much much better.
positive · AI labelView post →White Knuckle is the most interesting, genuinely fresh first person game I've played in I don't know how long, and also one of the most terrifying things I've ever played. Getting Over It meets The Descent meets Amnesia meets Half-Life 1.
neutral · AI labelView post →Frictional Games (SOMA, Amnesia) next game teaser www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHn... www.hotelsamsara.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Our new horror game: Amnesia meets King's Field 4, set in a 16th-century alchemist's tower... #TrailerTuesday
neutral · AI labelView post →Just wrapped an intense 2 weeks of composing and producing music for a Double Fine game prototype - Bard Crawl! Bard Crawl is 1 of 4 game prototypes that were made in just 2 weeks as part of a company-wide game jam / fundraiser they call "Amnesia Fortnight."
neutral · AI labelView post →I just backed Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you want to vote on which games we make in our Amnesia Fortnight game jam, you need to back our reasonably-priced Kickstarter! Side benefit, if you do, we will be friends forever! :D www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello, we're contacting you about your indie games industry's extended warranty. Have you considered helping support a freshly (re)independent studio by backing AMNESIA FORTNIGHT: INDIE REBOOT today? 😁 www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...
neutral · AI labelView post →#SteamNextFest has begun!! If you feel like trying a weird horror game that takes inspiration from Amnesia and King's Field 4, check out Caput Mortum! 👇
neutral · AI labelView post →#vss365 #satsplat #vsshorror In the forest of beautiful bloom Sits an animal hard to see Maker of gloom Aura black as a starless night Its scent a putrid Deathly blight Beware of its #lure Amnesia its game For one whiff of its stench And you'll forget your name
neutral · AI labelView post →Our King's Field and Amnesia-inspired horror game, Caput Mortum, is now also available on Itchio! 🥳 It's 25% off for the first week! 🫴 wildarts-games.itch.io/caput-mortum
neutral · AI labelView post →Frictional Games (SOMA, Amnesia) have shared a teaser of their next game ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHn...
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay it’s time for probably the scariest game we’ve played all month (so far) Amnesia The Bunker! Come watch me be very brave 🥺 (also we have heart rate monitor) twitch.tv/rose_waltz
neutral · AI labelView post →17. Amnesia: The Bunker Frictional's best game since Soma, adding combat and immersive sim elements to the Amnesia formulae. Giving the player the means to defend themselves and scare off the monster for a time actually raises the tension dramatically. store.steampowered.com/app/1944430/...
positive · AI labelView post →Lfgggggg Double Fine announced a Kickstarter for Amnesia Fortnight 2026 - Indie Reboot! Game Jam, Documentary and Kickstarter Campaign. (If you don't know Amnesia Fortnight youtu.be/nwklVX05gEM ) www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...
neutral · AI labelView post →Classic adventure game Amnesia (complete with its vast, text-only city) has been impressively restored, and is available to play online for free. ▶️ amnesia-restored.com
neutral · AI labelView post →The sights and sounds of our horror game that takes inspiration from King's Field 4 and Amnesia 👻 #horrorgame #survivalhorror #indiegame #caputmortum
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm watching a playthrough of the recent FNaF game and it really is just Amnesia meets Bioshock.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've just added Amnesia: The Bunker to my Steam curator page store.steampowered.com/app/1944430/...
neutral · AI labelView post →An Amnesia game where when your sanity gets low motion smoothing gets turned up
neutral · AI labelView post →the bunker is such a great, condensed horror game. im super happy with how Fractional are willing to experiment with the Amnesia formula from game to game
positive · AI labelView post →Good god, Amnesia: The Bunker is easily the hardest survival horror game I've ever played
positive · AI labelView post →Caput Mortum is a psychological horror game inspired by King's Field 4 and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Releases on August 27.
neutral · AI labelView post →ScummVM gets support for the survival horror Penumbra Overture from the Amnesia developers #PenumbraOverture #Gaming #PCGaming #OpenSource #Linux #HorrorGames
neutral · AI labelView post →After Being Ditched by Xbox, Double Fine Says It'll Make Brütal Legend 2 If Its Amnesia Fortnight 2026 Kickstarter Raises an Impossible-Sounding $100 Million.
neutral · AI labelView post →You will like our game Caput Mortum if you enjoyed: - King's Field 4 - Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Shadow Tower - Arx Fatalis
neutral · AI labelView post →Despite the lukewarm reception over the years, I ended up enjoying Amnesia A Machine for Pigs far more than I expected almost as much as the original Dark Descent, just in a different way. It shares a lot of the same narrative DNA you play as someone with a fractured memory, slowly uncovering a dark, tangled past that links you directly to the main antagonist. Instead of the medieval and Victorian occult atmosphere of the first game, this one leans heavily into a grimy, oppressive steampunk…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The unabashed champion of pregnancy kink making it into a mainstream video game, Amnesia Rebirth, is less than $10 right now on steam
negative · AI labelView post →BTW TOMORROW. 5PM EST* my most highly requested horror game to stream this month. Amnesia The Bunker!
neutral · AI labelView post →Time to raise my blood pressure with the first horror game I play on stream: Amnesia: The Bunker. Live NOW on Twitch! twitch.tv/andresplays93
neutral · AI labelView post →My 5 game submissions for #SGDQ2026 - Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs - SOMA - Trepang2 - System Shock 2 (1999) - Legendary
neutral · AI labelView post →If you remove the fact that it's an Amnesia game A Machine for Pigs is genuinely such an incredibly good game with an amazing atmosphere, monster designs, story, music and specially voice acting.
positive · AI labelView post →Definitely a lot shorter than both The Dark Descent and Rebirth, and definitely feels the weakest out of the series, however I still did enjoy it but there are a couple of issues I have with this game. First of all, the game is very short, usually only taking 3-5 hours to complete for its price, and the main function and purpose of the series, which is the sanity mechanic is removed from this game, which defeats the entire purpose of the series and if it were added, it could definitely be much…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mopheads state in the story resembles the plot of the game Amnesia: the bunker. I like it #ersatz #fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →I got some fresh ink today. It's inspired from my favorite horror game, Amnesia the Dark Descent. 🥀 Credit to Lancaster Tattoos
neutral · AI labelView post →OH Amnesia Rebirth, which is just straight up a pregnancy kink horror game, is less than $10 on steam right now
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s a very good game. Don’t let the people in the comments complaining about “Where are the chase monsters?” and “Why did they remove the sanity mechanic?” convince you that this game is just a walking simulator. The story genuinely rivals the one from The Dark Descent, and might even be better. The environments and atmosphere are what really make this game so great. You don’t need a monster chasing you around every corner when every corner is already scary enough to make you break a sweat.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Why did Paradox give VtM:B2 to the company responsible for the worst Amnesia game?" ...because it's the company responsible for the worst Amnesia game. Their reputation meant they'd accept a cheap contract, and they worked with the right subject matter.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh right, it's the spooky season, here's your yearly reminder that Amnesia Rebirth is unambiguously a pregnancy kink game
neutral · AI labelView post →I just backed Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...
neutral · AI labelView post →the last horror game i played was Amnesia: The Dark Descent...at launch So anyway, lets play White Knuckle!
neutral · AI labelView post →Patrons of Retrograde Amnesia are currently fighting about which game should be covered in our seventh miniseries: www.patreon.com/posts/poll-m...
neutral · AI labelView post →THIS TUESDAY watch me FINALLY play the game I've avoided playing because I'm a scared little BITCH... Amnesia: the Dark Descent! Arpeggio's VA voiced the antagonist of this game, so I shall find comfort in hearing a different version of my dear husbird's voice 💕 #twitch #stream #amnesia #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Kojima predicted this and Kojima predicted that, nobody talks about how The Chinese Room predicted people stealing bunch of children and eating them and using them as sacrifice. 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Barely a horror “game,” but a really good story if you’re into that Game gets hard carried by the atmosphere and the story. Gameplay-wise, it’s very stripped down—puzzles are simple and there’s barely any real challenge, so if you’re expecting something like The Dark Descent, you might be disappointed. But if you treat it more like an interactive story with strong atmosphere, it’s definitely worth experiencing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →👀Happy 15th anniversary to one of the the scariest games ever - Amnesia: The Dark Descent! The game was first released on September 8, 2010. #gamedev #gaming #amnesia #horrorgames
neutral · AI labelView post →Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs feels (and plays) like one of those weird sequels. As we begin playing we immediately notice that it's not the work of the creators of the amazing [url=steamcommunity.com/id/atisz2/recommended/57300]Amnesia: The Dark Descent (it was meant to be a modification initially) and while the core mechanics are (almost) the same everything just seems off, not exactly what one expected. According to this, it's advisable to lower our expectations, as the game is both shorter…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heya folks, here's a short featuring the indie horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. I finally beat this game earlier this year, but I didn't do a First # video for it at the time. So, I figured I'd get it out of the way. #amnesiathedarkdescent #videogames #indiegames #horrorgames #shorts
neutral · AI labelView post →My dual cents... Amnesia the Dark Descent! Closely followed by Thief 3 - the only game I've had to download a save file to skip a level, specifically because it was too scary for me. 😱
neutral · AI labelView post →I just backed Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...
neutral · AI labelView post →I appreciate Amnesia and Outlast for their cultural impact but I kinda can't stand playing either or any horror game that uses their idea of stealth or mechanics It kinda sucks because I know some people love that but those systems are like my kryptonite
negative · AI labelView post →It reminds me a bit of an unfinished game I did, Amnesia. I abandoned this one.
neutral · AI labelView post →Double Fine launches Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot.
neutral · AI labelView post →The worst Amnesia by far This is a plot-driven horror game that doesn't scare you in the slightest and has a highly predictable story. Gameplay-wise it's boring as hell. Apart from the scripted encounters with monsters, A Machine for Pigs plays like your everyday interactive movie. There's no survival horror elements and interesting mechanics like inventory or sanity from other Amnesia entries. And the encounters with monsters are heavily scripted as well. Not once through the entire game…
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neutral · AI labelView post →Double Fine kickstarter: Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was enjoying the story of this game, despite it's differences to the first game's gameplay. It has far simpler puzzles, which were already dead easy in the first game, and basically no survival elements at all. Looking past that, the story is intriguing and doesn't explain itself all at once or in a linear order, giving you plenty of time to put things together and think- Which is probably why some people don't like the way the story is presented. While it isn't spoonfed to you, if you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and that is what makes it good. This game lacks the lantern needing fluid, the sanity mechanics, the darkness, all of that. but, it still works. The reason people write off A Machine For Pigs is because it lacks what the first game had, but they remain blind to this game's true potential. It is not Amnesia: The Dark Descent two. It does not one-up the previous game, or make it worse/better by comparison. It is a custom story turned into a full game,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate this game. The inventory system, sanity management and a degree of interactivity with the world have all been removed. Most objects can't be moved, most doors are locked. It constantly crashes during loading screens (which resumes the save at the beginning of the prior chapter). Performance is awful. Every time the player character is feeling crazy there is this blurry effect that has not failed to give me a headache. I also don't think I've actually been in danger once this game, which…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really don't understand the hate, it's a good game. Creepy and great atmosphere. Although the game definitely stretches closer to the end. Rating after 3,6 hours: 8/10 Rating after beating the game: 7.5/10
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