Press Kit

Developer
Frictional Games

Founding Date
1st of January 2007

Based in
Helsingborg, Sweden

Office in
Malmö, Sweden

Website
frictionalgames.com

Media Assets
Google Drive

Description

Frictional Games is a small independent game developer, known for horror themes and narrative experiences. The studio has developed the Penumbra Series, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and SOMA, and published Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.

History

Frictional Games was founded by Thomas Grip and Jens Nilsson after collaborating on a hobby project.

Since then, the company has grown to over 20 people, and established a central office for about half the employees in Malmö, Sweden.

Media assets
Google Drive

Developer
Frictional Games

Release date
Autumn 2020

Platforms
PlayStation 4
PC
Mac
Linux

Tagline

Amnesia: Rebirth, a new descent into darkness from the creators of the iconic Amnesia series. A harrowing journey through desolation and despair, exploring the limits of human resilience.

Description

You can’t let out a breath. The creature is only inches away. Its sole purpose – to feed off your terror. And so you crouch in the dark, trying to stop the fear rising, trying to silence what lies within you.

“I know you. I know what you’re capable of.”

In Amnesia: Rebirth, you are Tasi Trianon, waking up deep in the desert of Algeria. Days have passed. Where have you been? What did you do? Where are the others? Retrace your journey, pull together the fragments of your shattered past; it is your only chance to survive the pitiless horror that threatens to devour you.

“Do not allow yourself anger, do not allow yourself to fear.”

Time is against you. Step into Tasi’s shoes and guide her through her personal terror and pain. While you struggle to make your way through a desolate landscape, you must also struggle with your own hopes, fears, and bitter regrets. And still you must continue, step by step, knowing that if you fail you will lose everything.

Media assets
Google Drive

Developer
Frictional Games
The Chinese Room

Publisher
Frictional Games

Release date
28 September 2018

Platforms
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch

Genres
Horror, Survival Horror, Adventure, Indie

Age ratings
PEGI 16
ESRB 17+

Engine
HPL2

Tagline

The collection contains three Amnesia titles: The Dark Descent, A Machine For Pigs, and Justine. Experience the horror that kickstarted the Let’s Play revolution; be immersed in three living nightmares that will chill you to the core.

Description

Amnesia: The Dark Descent puts you in the shoes of Daniel as he wakes up in a desolate castle, barely remembering anything about his past. Exploring its eerie pathways, you must piece together Daniel’s troubled memories and uncover the horror that lies deep below.

In Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs, wealthy industrialist Oswald Mandus wakes in his bed wracked with fever and haunted by dreams of a dark and hellish engine. All he knows is that his children are in grave peril, and it’s up to him to save them.

Amnesia: Justine puts you through a series of trials constructed by a demented mind. Will you risk your own life to save others?

Website
somagame.com

Media Assets
Google Drive

Developer
Frictional Games

Publisher
Frictional Games

Release date
22 September 2015

Platforms
PC
Mac
Linux
PlayStation 4
Xbox One

Genres
Horror, Survival horror, Adventure, Indie

Age ratings
PEGI 16
ESRB Mature 17+

Engine
HPL3

Tagline

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Description

SOMA is a sci-fi horror game from Frictional Games, the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It is an unsettling story about identity, consciousness, and what it means to be human.

The radio is dead, food is running out, and the machines have started to think they are people. Underwater facility PATHOS-II has suffered an intolerable isolation and we’re going to have to make some tough decisions. What can be done? What makes sense? What is left to fight for?

Enter the world of SOMA and face horrors buried deep beneath the ocean waves. Delve through locked terminals and secret documents to uncover the truth behind the chaos. Seek out the last remaining inhabitants and take part in the events that will ultimately shape the fate of the station. But be careful, danger lurks in every corner: corrupted humans, twisted creatures, insane robots, and even an inscrutable omnipresent A.I.
You will need to figure out how to deal with each one of them. Just remember there’s no fighting back, either you outsmart your enemies or you get ready to run.

Website
aamfp.com

Media Assets
Google Drive

Developer
The Chinese Room

Publisher
Frictional Games

Release date
10 September 2013

Platforms
PC
Mac
Linux

Genres
Horror, Survival horror, Adventure, Indie

Age Rating
PEGI 16
ESRB Mature 17+

Engine
HPL2

Tagline

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horror game 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.

Description

This world is a Machine. A Machine for Pigs. Fit only for the slaughtering of Pigs.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horror game 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 nightmare. The house is silent, the ground beneath him shaking at the will of some infernal machine: all he knows is that his children are in grave peril, and it is up to him to save them.

Website
amnesiagame.com

Media Assets
Google Drive

Developer
Frictional Games

Publisher
Frictional Games

Release date
08 September 2010

Platforms
PC
Mac
Linux

Genres
Horror, Survival horror, Adventure, Indie

Age Rating
PEGI 16
ESRB Mature 17+

Engine
HPL2

Tagline

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Description

The last remaining memories fade away into darkness. Your mind is a mess and only a feeling of being hunted remains. You must escape.

Awake…
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
You stumble through the narrow corridors as the distant cry is heard.
It is getting closer.

Explore…
Amnesia: The Dark Descent puts you in the shoes of Daniel as he wakes up in a desolate castle, barely remembering anything about his past. Exploring the eerie pathways, you must also take part of Daniel’s troubled memories. The horror does not only come from the outside, but from the inside as well. A disturbing odyssey into the dark corners of the human mind awaits.
A sound of dragging feet? Or is your mind playing tricks on you?

Experience…
By using a fully physically simulated world, cutting edge 3D graphics and a dynamic sound system, the game pulls no punches when trying to immerse you. Once the game starts, you will be in control from the beginning to the end. There are no cut-scenes or time-jumps, whatever happens will happen to you first hand.
Something emerges out of the darkness. It’s approaching. Fast.

Survive…
Amnesia: The Dark Descent throws you headfirst into a dangerous world where danger can lurk behind every corner. Your only means of defense are hiding, running or using your wits.
Do you have what it takes to survive?

Website
penumbragame.com

Media Assets
Google Drive

Developer
Frictional Games

Publisher
Frictional Games

Release date
Overture
20 March 2007
Black Plague
23 January 2008

Platforms
PC
Mac
Linux

Genres
Horror, Survival horror, Adventure, Indie

Age Rating
PEGI 16
ESRB Mature 17+

Engine
HPL1

Tagline

Uncover the eerie mystery of a Greenlandic underground complex, passed down from father to son.

Description

Trapped in a shadowy, underground complex in snowy Greenland, intrepid explorer Philip is determined to discover the truth behind his father’s disappearance.

Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

Can Philip master his fear and finally uncover the truth behind a mystery that has haunted him for a lifetime, passed down from his father? Only you can decide…

Penumbra: Collection contains Penumbra: Overture, Penumbra: Black Plague, and the puzzle expansion Penumbra: Requiem.