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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

2013

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

PuzzleAdventureIndieIGDB 70Steam 70%

Session Respect Score

AI estimate · 0/5 votes
7.0/10

"Intense horror puzzle adventure requiring focus and nerves."

Best session: 30-45 minutes

Minimum session

20 min

Pausability

At save points

Resume friendliness

Some reorientation

FOMO pressure

Zero FOMO

Focus required

Intense

Session structure

Story chapters

Play in dedicated sessions; horror games demand full attention and concentration.

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About

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

The year is 1899. Wealthy industrialist Oswald Mandus awakes in his bed, wracked with fever and haunted by dreams of a dark and hellish engine. Tortured by visions of a disastrous expedition to Mexico, broken on the failing dreams of an industrial utopia, wracked with guilt and tropical disease he wakes into a nightmar…

Single playerFirst personActionHorrorSurvivalStealth

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Context Tags

No sound needed? One-handed? Good for commutes? Players vote.

🔇No sound OK
🤚One-handed
🎵Background game
🚇Commute friendly
✈️Plane friendly
💤Suspend & resume
Quick to boot
☁️Cloud save
👶Kid can watch
🛋️Couch co-op
🎤No voice chat needed
🌙Solo after bedtime
🎙️Podcast game
🧘Zen mode
🥱Brain off
🔁Satisfying grind

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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs — Session FAQ

How long does a session of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs take?
The minimum meaningful session for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is approximately 20 minutes. This is the shortest play window where you can make real progress or have a satisfying experience, based on community data.
Can you pause Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs?
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs uses save points or manual saves. You'll need to reach a checkpoint before exiting to avoid losing progress — factor this into your session planning.
Does Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs pressure you to keep playing?
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs has no FOMO mechanics — no timed events, live content, or narrative cliffhangers. You can stop whenever you want without feeling like you're missing out.
What is Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs's Session Respect Score?
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs has a Session Respect Score of 7.0/10. This score combines minimum session length, pausability, FOMO level, and pickup friendliness into a single metric for how well the game fits busy schedules.

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