Amnesia: Rebirth

Amnesia
Amnesia: The Dark Descent	2010
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs	2013
Amnesia: Rebirth	2020
Amnesia: The Bunker	2023

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
GOG.com
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere
Steam		Includes Steam Workshop support.

Although the OS X version was initially announced, it was delayed right before the game's release^[3] and ultimately cancelled due to issues with OpenGL and the audio system no longer being supported with modern OS X releases.^[2]

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skippable Logos Mod

Download this mod from the Steam Workshop.
Follow the instructions in the download page.

Notes

This mod allows the intro logos to be skipped with any key/mouse/controller button press.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Amnesia Rebirth\Main
Microsoft Store
Linux	$HOME/.local/share/frictionalgames/Amnesia Rebirth/Main

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Amnesia Rebirth\Main\
Microsoft Store
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay. Some cutscene parts are pillarboxed to 16:9.^[4]
4K Ultra HD		^[5]
Field of view (FOV)	Horizontal FOV slider from 79° to 115° at 16:9.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Bilinear, trilinear, or up to 16x anisotropic.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA, Resolution Scale up to 200%.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Off, On, and Adaptive.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Game settings.
Display settings.
Graphics settings.

High frame rate

All gameplay elements are locked to 60 FPS. This includes physics, puzzles, player movement, input and most animations. This limit can be removed, but will only affect particles and some animations.^[6]^[7]

Remove FPS cap
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `<user-id>_user_settings.cfg` with a text editor. Change `LimitFPS="true"` to `"false"`.

Input

Control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Called Smooth Mouse; toggleable.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Subtitle settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Includes options for character-by-character reveal, subtitle text fading to indicate distance, font size, and background opacity.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		No option to disable this feature.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech				Fan translation. Available to download.
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation. Available to download. It is also available as a modification on Steam Workshop.
Italian
Japanese				Fan translation. Available as a modification on Steam Workshop.
Korean				Fan translation. Available to download.
Polish				Fan translation. Available to download.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish				Fan translation. Available to download. It is also available as a modification on Steam Workshop.
Ukrainian				Fan translation. Available as a modification on Steam Workshop.

Issues fixed

Displayed image is stretched or squished after loading a save file

After loading the save file, change the resolution to one in different aspect ratio and then back to the desired resolution.^[8]

(Linux) Visual artifacts on AMD GPUs

Use the `MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.2COMPAT` command line argument^[9]
Depending on the exact GPU, other version overrides may be required, such as `4.1COMPAT` or `4.6COMPAT`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	4.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Newton Game Dynamics
Audio	FMOD
Cutscenes	Annosoft	Lipsyncing

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 AMD FX 2.4 GHz	Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen 5
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	35 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 5750 Intel HD 630 OpenGL 4.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon RX 580 Intel Xe-HPG OpenGL 4.3 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	64-bit Major Linux distribution from 2018
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 AMD FX 2.4 GHz	Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen 5
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	35 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 5750 Intel HD 630 OpenGL 4.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon RX 580 Intel Xe-HPG OpenGL 4.3 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

References

↑ Art Bully Productions - last accessed on 2020-10-28
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Amnesia: Rebirth – Mac version cancelled - last accessed on 2021-03-11
↑ frictionalgames on Twitter - last accessed on 2020-10-21
"Having some last minute issues with getting Amnesia: Rebirth to run as it should on Mac. We will unfortunately not have the Mac version ready for launch, but we will try our best to get it up and running as soon as we can after release."
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2020-10-21
Screenshots taken at 2560x1080 and 1920x1080, then compared.
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2020-10-21
Selecting and applying 3840x2160 in the game resulted in a noticeable decrease in FPS.
↑ Troubleshooting FAQ / Support / How to report Bugs - last accessed on 2020-10-22
"The reason for the cap is due to how physics works in the engine, and to keep that predictable and stable. You can however uncouple rendering from the FPS cap, but some things will not be updated in more than 60FPS."
↑ Verified by User:Litbeep on 2020-10-27
Email from Peter Wester (engine programmer): "All the gameplay is run at 60 fps. This means physics, puzzles, player movement, mouse/kb/gamepad input and some animations. The only things that can be unlocked are particles, some animations and texture animations"
↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-10-27
As I wrote on Discord - this is likely caused by aspect ratio (or FOV values) being stored in save files and overriding aspect ratio on load.
↑ Linux version is buggy :: Amnesia: Rebirth General Discussions - last accessed on 2024-04-07

[1] Art Bully Productions - last accessed on 2020-10-28

[Mac_Version_Cancelled-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Amnesia: Rebirth – Mac version cancelled - last accessed on 2021-03-11

[3] rictionalgames on Twitter - last accessed on 2020-10-21
"Having some last minute issues with getting Amnesia: Rebirth to run as it should on Mac. We will unfortunately not have the Mac version ready for launch, but we will try our best to get it up and running as soon as we can after release."

[4] Verified by User:Rose on 2020-10-21
Screenshots taken at 2560x1080 and 1920x1080, then compared.

[5] Verified by User:Rose on 2020-10-21
Selecting and applying 3840x2160 in the game resulted in a noticeable decrease in FPS.

[6] Troubleshooting FAQ / Support / How to report Bugs - last accessed on 2020-10-22
"The reason for the cap is due to how physics works in the engine, and to keep that predictable and stable. You can however uncouple rendering from the FPS cap, but some things will not be updated in more than 60FPS."

[7] Verified by User:Litbeep on 2020-10-27
Email from Peter Wester (engine programmer): "All the gameplay is run at 60 fps. This means physics, puzzles, player movement, mouse/kb/gamepad input and some animations. The only things that can be unlocked are particles, some animations and texture animations"

[8] Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-10-27
As I wrote on Discord - this is likely caused by aspect ratio (or FOV values) being stored in save files and overriding aspect ratio on load.

[9] Linux version is buggy :: Amnesia: Rebirth General Discussions - last accessed on 2024-04-07

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Developers

	Frictional Games
Art and Animations	Art Bully Productions^[1]
Linux	BlitWorks
Engines
	HPL Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	October 20, 2020
Linux	October 20, 2020
macOS (OS X)	Cancelled^[2]
Reception
Metacritic	80
OpenCritic	79
IGDB	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Survival horror
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Africa, Fantasy, Horror, Interwar
Series	Amnesia