The Bunker
Game
Game2016
The Bunker
Developer Splendy Interactive, Wales Interactive
The Bunker is a full motion video (FMV) adventure horror video game developed by British game developer Splendy Games and published by Wales Interactive. It was released for Windows, OS X, and PlayStation 4 on 20 September 2016 followed by Xbox One on 23 September 2016 and Nintendo Switch on 9 April 2018. The Bunker is Splendy Games' first major title as an independent games studio after having released the FMV… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
274 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
65
Fresh
123 positive · 67 negative
95% range 58–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 123 | 67 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 18 | 1 | 62 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
552 of 812 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
65% recommend · 124 yes, 67 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 191 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (1,346 of 1,922 positive).
Players appreciate the immersive atmosphere and solid acting, especially from Adam Brown. [1][2][3] Many find the gameplay overly linear with frustrating Quick Time Events and limited choices. [4][5][6] Some reviewers note the story is predictable but still engaging for a single playthrough. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [17]
I will start this review frankly and unapologetic: Please do not waste your money and especially not your lifetime The Bunker. Seriously, there is nothing there. It is neither a “real” game nor an interactive movie. The best way I have to describe it is that it is a failed art-student-film in which you sometimes have to press a mouse key, so it goes on. Technically there are things that imitate “QuickTime” events …
- [10]
I have mixed feelings about this one, but I have to classify it as "would not recommend" because I think the audience that will enjoy it is considerably smaller than the audience that will not. Let's start with what's good about the game: the production values are quite solid. It's shot in a real location (an actual decommissioned nuclear bunker) and its cast is populated with professional actors. It legitimately …
- [1]
MY RATING: ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ 8 / 10 A great FMV Game with Adam Brown, Sarah Greene, Grahame Fox, and St. John Blake. After the nuclear war or: the boring and lonely life in a nuclear bunker The Bunker is all about John, the last survivor living in a British nuclear bunker and going about his daily routine until the system check forces him to go deeper and fix the malfunctions. Away from the omnipresent radioactive …
- [5]
Its hard to knock what is otherwise a good story and plot for a film (no spoilers) but with some good tension and twists. The acting and cinematography isn't terrible. But what lets it down is that it is just that, a film. The linear game play is really one dimensional. Many interactions are limited to button bashing. Adsing to this is the timing is sometimes off, not responsive and the cursor and hints are often …
- [2]
tl;dr very creative blend between a narrative FMV experience and a classic point & click adventure; acquired taste but in the end it has grown on me Overview John is the last remnant from a group of people who survived a nuclear incident inside a Bunker. If he sticks to his routine, everything will be fine. But how long will the Bunker allow the routine to go smoothly and what happened to the rest of its …
Summarised from 34 of the 255 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
65% of the 191 Steam reviewers we collected recommend The Bunker. The complaint that keeps coming up: gameplay is very linear with few meaningful choices. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The Bunker received mixed reviews following the launch. Review aggregator Metacritic shows an average score of 68 out of 100 for the PlayStation 4 version, and 66 out of 100 for the Xbox One version. Praise was particularly directed at the game's narrative, and the actors' performance. However, the game's lack of interactivity was often criticised. GamesRadar's David Roberts lauded the game's sound design and music, remarking that "the John Carpenter-ian strains of its synths and the quality foley work help sell some of its more distressing moments... Playing in the dark with my headphones in, this scene got under my skin in a way few games have" Anthony John Agnello visited the game for…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 274 · most liked firstMY RATING: ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ 8 / 10 A great FMV Game with Adam Brown, Sarah Greene, Grahame Fox, and St. John Blake. After the nuclear war or: the boring and lonely life in a nuclear bunker The Bunker is all about John, the last survivor living in a British nuclear bunker and going about his daily routine until the system check forces him to go deeper and fix the malfunctions. Away from the omnipresent radioactive radiation, he is repeatedly caught up in his past and confronted…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →Forza Horizon 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Quarry, Rainbow Billy, Tin Hearts, Forager and Amnesia: The Bunker are leaving Game Pass this month. Forza Horizon 4 is also getting delisted on December 15.
neutral · AI labelView post →Scaredy-Cat Plays Horror Game | Amnesia: The Bunker www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfQ1... #amnesiathebunker #livestream #xisumavoid
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 →Good god, Amnesia: The Bunker is easily the hardest survival horror game I've ever played
positive · AI labelView post →Did you see the news? Frictional Games just announced ONTOS, a spiritual successor to SOMA. Coincidentally, my new guest is @losfreddos.bsky.social, co-founder of Frictional and creative lead on Amnesia: The Bunker. We talk indie dev, his game dev journey, and Frictional. Link below 👇
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m part of @mlupetti.bsky.social ‘s article on queer game mods, for Italian art mag The Bunker (article in English) www.the-bunker.it/en/how-to-qu...
neutral · AI labelView post →Amnesia The Bunker influence has already started spreading I see lol (yes I know they didn't invent this flashlight) Game is Forgive Me Father 2
neutral · AI labelView post →BTW TOMORROW. 5PM EST* my most highly requested horror game to stream this month. Amnesia The Bunker!
neutral · AI labelView post →Games leaving Game Pass on December 15th: - The Quarry - Amnesia: The Bunker - Hello Neighbor 2 - Forza Horizon 4 - Tin Hearts - Rainbow Billy. The Curse of the Leviathan - Rise of the Tomb Raider - Forager
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 →I have heard good feedback of my category 'Every%' that I made up for Frost Fatales of 'Amnesia: The Bunker.' (It's just every Leaderboard category of the game ran one after another from Any% to Glitchless) Others want to submit Every% runs of their games now too, and I couldn't be more thrilled! :D
positive · AI labelView post →ok I guess I'll do one of these #whatagamedevlookslike I'm Dakota, and I'm a video game marketer! I've worked on Amnesia: The Bunker, Timberborn, Witchfire, Backpack Hero, The Outlast Trials, + more. I got into this biz to celebrate devs + their art, and to help them succeed!
neutral · AI labelView post →The Bunker Game started as something I used in my 'The Nuclear Cold War' undergrad module at Edinburgh Uni. Jon has worked some magic on it and turned it into a really cool product. A 'party game' if you think that being a survivor in Threads looks like a fun experience.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t think there is a single horror game out there that has scared the shit out of me like Alien Isolation and Amnesia: The Bunker have
positive · AI labelView post →Monster from the “Amnesia: The Bunker” #amnesia #horror #game #fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →IN 2 HOURS---the last game to wrap up my week long event of horror games...let's play AMNESIA THE BUNKER. Or ya know--we could just not... ⏰ 7:30pm PST/10:30pm EST 📍 youtube.com/live/q_inewp...
neutral · AI labelView post →1) So, previous posts were about The Bunker Game. Cold City and Hot War backers now also have access to four new sample situations (two for each game). The Hot War ones do something new: your leave London (gasp!).
neutral · AI labelView post →Amnesia: The Bunker is a pretty terrifying horror game, and it was a lot of fun to chat with the devs at @frictionalgames.bsky.social to hear about the challenges and creative solutions they came up with during development. Really happy with this episode, go and check it out!
positive · AI labelView post →Bunker. Don’t fall for the gaslighting. The goal is the BUNKER. It’s right out of Hitler’s playbook and game plan: bsky.app/profile/cfar...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hope you all enjoy the episode! It has some info about Fredrik's own game dev journey, humble beginnings, and a good amount of info about how things work at Frictional and how Amnesia: The Bunker came to be. Listen here: youtu.be/lfNuMSzOtb0
neutral · AI labelView post →tl;dr very creative blend between a narrative FMV experience and a classic point & click adventure; acquired taste but in the end it has grown on me Overview John is the last remnant from a group of people who survived a nuclear incident inside a Bunker. If he sticks to his routine, everything will be fine. But how long will the Bunker allow the routine to go smoothly and what happened to the rest of its inhabitants? Follow him and his everyday life as the history of the Bunker gradually…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New RPGs available now! -Blades ‘68, standard edition and deluxe edition -The Bunker Game -Hot City, and Cold War -Pork Mort
neutral · AI labelView post →Out now in PDF! The Art of Cold City Hot War and The Bunker Game! Catch up with the amazing new imagery from Cold City Hot War by @paulbourne.bsky.social, and this didactic experience turned party game by @malcolmcraig.bsky.social and @handiworkgames.bsky.social Both exclusive to @drivethrurpg.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Didn't know this was going to be on @geeknative.bsky.social - a little background and overview of me and @handiworkgames.bsky.social's The Bunker Game!
neutral · AI labelView post →the year is 2074. simmers are enraged because water wars and feral hog stampedes are essential base game features and EA is charging $699.99 for The Sims 7: Get to the Bunker Evolution Pack
neutral · AI labelView post →A recent commission I made for TheAmazingArsonist on dA and their SI in the game, Amnesia: The Bunker! #art
neutral · AI labelView post →I have completed the prototype for my "anti-cozy farming game" and would love it if you gave it a playtest for me. This game is for people who like Blame! and other Niheiisms, Amnesia: The Bunker, those recent simulator games where you do a bunch of chores, and those fond of Girls' Last Tour.
neutral · AI labelView post →Handiwork Games has launched The Bunker Game for non backers at Conpulsion 2026. This collaboration between Malcolm Craig and Jon Hodgson focuses on impact gaming and the grim choices of a nuclear bunker. A piece of Edinburgh gaming history is finally public.
neutral · AI labelView post →I can understand both the negative and positive reviews. Overall, I rate it as positive. However, only just, and not without some doubts. This is also thanks to the low price I paid (FMV Horror Bundle in the Steam Winter Sale). The gameplay is worse than other FMV games I've played so far. It's super linear and there aren't any big decisions that influence the plot, as in similar games. The overall plot, setting, sound, and actors are really not bad. However, a lot of potential was wasted,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will start this review frankly and unapologetic: Please do not waste your money and especially not your lifetime The Bunker. Seriously, there is nothing there. It is neither a “real” game nor an interactive movie. The best way I have to describe it is that it is a failed art-student-film in which you sometimes have to press a mouse key, so it goes on. Technically there are things that imitate “QuickTime” events like in other games of this kind, but they do not really change anything and more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This wasn’t fun at all. The Bunker is not your typical interactive movie with decision making. Instead, it offers static screens to interact with to advance the story that is presented in FMVs. The problem is, there are no meaningful puzzles or interesting interactions with the surroundings. The “game” is super linear and there is only one real decision towards the end that pretty much chooses between two endings. I’d like to say that this would have been a better movie, but I don’t actually…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quite disappointing. First of all let's talk about the gameplay mechanics. This is not a choices matter kind of game. It's a specific story told one way, with just a choice to make at the very end. The game relies on QTE and timed button mashing events as well as regular point and click. The game's cursor is incredibly laggy and the QTE is not pressing X or A but instead is clicking a square centimeter circle somewhere on your screen. With the laggy cursor, this is actually quite hard at times.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you would like a bit of a challenge, excitement, suspense, atmosphere etc. and aren't claustrophobic you really really should give this Cold War Adventure a go...worth every penny Xdd :)) 9/10 awesome game !!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think Amnesia: The Bunker is my favorite game released this year. REm4ke and Baldur’s Gate 3 are obviously stellar but The Bunker is what I want more games to be like.
positive · AI labelView post →STREAM LIVE NOW! STARTING AMNESIA: THE BUNKER SO COME SAY HI AND GET READY TO BE SCARED FOR OUR LAST HORROR GAME OF THE HALLOWEEN SEASON :3 www.twitch.tv/neon_woof
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 →Streaming more Survival Horror, the best of all game genres AMNESIA: THE BUNKER Its like Alien Isolation but WW1 + HP LOVECRAFT and its even harder...! www.twitch.tv/axelgear11
neutral · AI labelView post →I watch lore videos instead of playing the game because I'm an easily spooked little wimp and the game is Amnesia The Bunker
positive · AI labelView post →Happy August 1st, which is apparently Yaoi Day? Here's a means of celebration & a reminder that you deserve better Yaoi Hands o7 Game: Amnesia: The Bunker #VTuber | #YaoiDay
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey Shadows... Why am I playing this game again... Why did I make it a goal on my Donathon. Aaaaaaaaaaaa Live now! Come chill/lurk/panic with me as we play The Bunker! www.twitch.tv/kyllier #Vtuber | #Dragongirl | #VSky | #ENVtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm playing a new horror game today. It's time for Amnesia The Bunker. ▶️ www.twitch.tv/ripleyboo_ #VTuber #ENVtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →Sit back get a drink and enjoy this FMW <3 Full game of The Bunker hope you enjoy. So so so close to 1k subscribers so please smash tat sub button <3 youtu.be/Xisa08_Q_cU?...
neutral · AI labelView post →hoping on Amnesia The Bunker for my mandated (by my beautiful wife) destress work break from developing our game
neutral · AI labelView post →This new version of the review is softer, but still negative. I would have given the game a neutral rating, but there's no such rating on Steam. So – the game has a good atmosphere, Adam Brown's performance is excellent, and the script, while not without its flaws, is quite interesting. What else does a great FMV game need? Some over-the-top brain decided to add a bunch of Quick Time Events (QTEs). Why? I can understand adding Point-and-Click mechanics (like in the first half of the game), but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →56/100 The Bunker Game (2022) #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days #HorrorSky #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Bunker The story seems interesting but unfortunately I can’t even reach the end because the game is buggy and it keeps crashing down… I’m playing on my steam Deck so maybe it’s better on PC. I couldn’t find a skip option for scene that I’ve already watch forcing me to replay and rewatch everything which end up being a boring loop. Playing —> bug / crash —> force quit —> re-playing —> bug/crash etc …
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Bunker is a haunting, live-action psychological thriller developed by Splendy Interactive and Wales Interactive that blurs the line between cinema and video game in a way few titles have dared to attempt. It tells the story of John, the last surviving inhabitant of an underground nuclear shelter in post-apocalyptic Britain, a man who has never known life outside the concrete walls that have both protected and imprisoned him. Born in the bunker after a nuclear catastrophe wiped out the world…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Bunker – ahead of the game as usual.
positive · AI labelView post →The final episode of Amnesia: The Bunker is up!! That was SOME game holy shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RSA...
positive · AI labelView post →Its hard to knock what is otherwise a good story and plot for a film (no spoilers) but with some good tension and twists. The acting and cinematography isn't terrible. But what lets it down is that it is just that, a film. The linear game play is really one dimensional. Many interactions are limited to button bashing. Adsing to this is the timing is sometimes off, not responsive and the cursor and hints are often far from obvious causing you to resort to scanning the whole screen only to miss…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's broken/unplayable on the Steam Deck. When you open the medicine cabinet at the beginning it just plays broken video codec screen. None of the different versions of Proton solve this. As for the game itself, I quit during the 4th chapter (out of 12), as it was a very linear affair that just has you do the most boring gameplay-wise tasks. It's generally just: Enter a room, you can click on 3 places. 2 will give some random exposition and the last one will move you to the next room". I just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alright story but extremely predictable. The main actor does a good job, but the gameplay is not especially engaging and the design is outright terrible in some cases. It's mostly a extremely linear path with some collectables for some extra lore, but it also have some of the worst game design sins out there in a game like this. You really have no idea when you move to the next chapter making some collectables lost, for the most part you need to collect them all in one playthrough and in one…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Dude you're playing this game like Amnesia: The Bunker"
neutral · AI labelView post →So because I am a masochist I’ll be diving back into the bunker tonight with @skrubasauras.bsky.social to see if we can finish this shit…or at least complete the first step of the game plan I have. Join us at 7pm EST for more Amnesia: The Bunker on Twitch! Twitch.tv/erisserenity
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm afraid I really didn't enjoy this. I was bored for most of it and by Chapter 12 and the Quick Time Event I decided to just uninstall it and watch the ending on YouTube - I didn't miss anything by doing that. I'm a fan of FMV but this one wasn't a great example of the genre. It saddens me to say this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔥👻 STEAM REVIEW: THE BUNKER Written by Malaysian Aunty While Being Partially Possessed by Pontianak EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHH— cough Sorry ah. Spirit warming up. Come come sit. Aunty now half human, half pontianak. Voice echo already. Let me tell you about this game. First of all… THIS GAME VERY QUIET. Too quiet. Pontianak don’t like quiet. Quiet means something wrong. Usually when place quiet like this, either got ghost, or your WiFi mati. You play as John. Poor boy. Born in bunker. Grow in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Bunker: 40% OFF during #Steam #Winter #Sale! #indiegame #indiedev #game
neutral · AI labelView post →The game I have chosen for tomorrow is: Amnesia: The Bunker
neutral · AI labelView post →
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