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Frictional Games

3 games by Frictional Games reviewed here.

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SOMA

A philosophical sci-fi horror game about consciousness, identity and what survives an underwater apocalypse — nine years on, still Overwhelmingly Positive, and still honestly criticized by a consistent minority for gameplay that some feel gets in the story's way.

9 / 10

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Amnesia: The Bunker

Frictional Games' boldest genre pivot yet — a tense, resource-scarce, Alien: Isolation-style stalker horror game that thrilled a large majority of reviewers, while a real and consistent minority of longtime series fans miss the puzzle-driven, story-rich horror the studio built its reputation on.

8 / 10

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Frictional Games' 2010 survival horror landmark stripped combat away entirely, betting that pure powerlessness would be scarier than any weapon — a bet reviewers overwhelmingly say paid off, tempered by a specific, mechanically literate critique that its scripted monster encounters can be trivially waited out once players learn the pattern.

8 / 10

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