Swedish indie developer Frictional Games has proudly announced that their survival horror title, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, is now available for purchase and download. The Frictional Games development team has issued a personal message to their fans, along with the release of the game.

“This launch is the culmination of the three years of hard work and we are very proud of the final result. We believe it to be a huge improvement over our previous work, the Penumbra series,” states the development team.

“One of our goals with Amnesia: The Dark Descent has been ‘availability,’ meaning that the game should be as easily available as possible for those that are interested in playing it. Because of this, the game is having a simultaneous launch on Windows, Mac and Linux,” the release continued.

“It also comes with four translations in addition to the original English version, is DRM free and available from most major online retailers in addition to our own online store. Finally, the game itself has also received our utmost attention in areas that affect the ease of use and interaction with the game world.”

“Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a first person horror game with a focus on immersion. It is a game where atmosphere and story comes first. We hope that the game will be a breath of fresh air, in a genre otherwise populated by “one-man-army action hero” sagas.”

“In Amnesia you are almost completely defenseless, something we believe not only makes the game a lot scarier, but also gives a vastly different experience. Enter an interactive nightmare where reality is a fragile concept. Do you have what it takes to survive?” the team concludes.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent has been receiving much praise from critics, and MyGaming hopes to have our own review up soon. Have a gander at the scary gameplay footage below:

The game sells for US$20 (±R145) and is available through Frictional games own store as well as most major online retailers. The game supports Windows, Mac OS X & Linux.

Recommended Computer Specifications:

Windows XP/Vista/7, OS X 10.5.8/10.6.4 or Linux distribution released in 2010.
NVIDIA GeForce 6 / ATI Radeon HD.
2.0 Ghz CPU.
2 GB RAM.
2.5 GB Free hard disk space.