Countless war games have tried to capture the essence of military conflict on a massive scale. Whether it’s from the bloodless perspective of a tactical commander overseeing the battlefield, or as a heartfelt tableau of valiant hearts lost in the trenches, videogames have grappled with the weight of its enormity across all genres. It’s notable that horror games set during the Great War are few and far between, drowned out by first-person shooters that have you charging along hedgerows brandishing a bolt-action rifle flush with ammo. Amnesia The Bunker bucks that trend, eschewing the grandiose to capture the sensory and emotional experience of the horror of trench warfare, echoing the prominent WWI poets that came before it.

To really do Amnesia The Bunker’s poetic horror justice, we need to delve into its various twists, as well as its ending – needless to say, there are spoilers below.

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