Amnesia: The Bunker is a little like Alien: Isolation in that, every so often, you just have to take a break. Well, I did. This claustrophobic, tricksy and often outright terrifying survival horror is the fourth in Frictional Games’ series, first released in 2023, and if you ask me is the best of the bunch.
You play a luckless French soldier, Henri Clement, who finds himself in a very unusual bunker on the Western Front during World War 1. The game is semi open world and has randomised elements but what it really gets right, and I will try to avoid spoilers, is the AI of the monster that will be chasing you down.
This game is scary in a way that very few horror games have ever managed, because it’s surprising and brilliant at catching you off-guard. The monster, called the Stalker, moves around the bunker via man-sized tunnels in the walls, which Clement can’t use, and the best-in-class audio makes the approaching scratches and yawps absolutely pant-wetting.
