Amnesia: The Dark Descent

**Amnesia: The Dark Descent** is the first game in the Amnesia series. There is an expansion, Amnesia: Justine and an indirect sequel Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs.

## Overview

This game is played from a first-person perspective. Players must solve physics-based puzzles and interact with their evironment.

## Content Warnings

 **Body Horror:**

* The monsters that the player must evade appear to be humans that have had their bodies twisted.
* Looking at the antagonist’s portrait with low sanity will cause his face to become malformed and eyeless.
* Some documents and flashbacks contain descriptions of mutilation. Clicking on the torture devices in the Choir and Transept will cause text to appear, describing the torture.

**Brainwashing:**A character exploited the desperation of another to make them commit atrocious acts.

**Child Abuse:**During an auditory flashback in the Dungeons, the murder of a young girl can be heard.

**Claustrophobic Situations:**The player is encouraged to hide in wardrobes and other small spaces to evade monsters.

**Dead Bodies:** Dead bodies occasionally appear in the game, and are frequently alluded to.

**Drowning:** In the Sewers section after the player completes the puzzles to fill the room with water, there is a large, metal box that the player passes by. Inside it sounds like someone is drowning.

**Emotional Abuse:** Over the course of the game, it is revealed that a character exploited the desperation of another to make them commit atrocious acts.

**Explosions:** At one point, the game requires the player to make a small explosive to clear rubble. The resulting explosion shakes the camera and makes a loud noise.

**Eye Horror:**

* If the player clicks on the iron maiden, they will receive a text flashback of a victim experiencing this.
* Looking at the antagonist’s portrait with low sanity will cause his face to become malformed and eyeless.

**Gore:** Disembodied limbs are a common sight throughout the game.

**Graphic Violence:** In the game, enemies will attack the Player Character if given the chance. The attacks will be briefly shown until the Player Character dies.

**Gratuitous Blood:** Blood is extremely common in the game and the expansion. It can be found in every level.

**Jump Scares:** Jump scares are extremely common throughout the game.

**Kidnapping:** The game reveals that the antagonist would find and kidnap people for use in his rituals.

**Mutilation:** Some found documents and flashbacks contain descriptions of mutilation.

**Nudity:**

* Most of the dead bodies are nude men.
* The antagonist is nude during the final level as well.

**Physical Abuse:** An early loading screen suggests that a character had a physically abusive father.

**Stalking:**The Player Character is pursued by a being called ‘The Shadow’, and at some points in the game must flee it. It manifests as glowing red fog.

**Torture:**A very important plot point that becomes relevant late in the game. Torture rooms must be visited to complete the game, and the clicking on the devices will cause a text flashback to appear, detailing the suffering of a previous victim.

**Victim Blaming:** A character blames his torture victims for becoming criminals in the first place, leading them to be brought to the dungeon.