Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs FREE on GOG June 6th

Paul Rudd · June 6, 2023

Amnesia A Machine for Pigs is FREE right now on GOG. 68% Mixed reviews on Steam... Link.

Visit the GOG webpage, scroll down until you see the giveaway to claim it. You have until June 9, 2023 to claim it.

This game was given out by Epic back in mid October of 2020 for those that remember. The Chinese Room also developed other similar walking simulators such as Dear Esther, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and Little Orpheus.

Originally meant to be a mod, Amnesia A Machine for Pigs (2013) is an indirect sequel to Amnesia The Dark Descent (2010), which was developed and produced by Frictional Games. While set in the same universe as The Dark Descent, it features a new cast of characters and time setting.

Initially code-named "gameB" by The Chinese Room, the announcement of Amnesia A Machine for Pigs was preceded by a viral marketing and alternate reality game campaign that began when Frictional Games updated their website Next Frictional Game, which has prior been used to announce the first installment, in early 2012. The website featured a heavily blurred image, the Amnesia logo and a caption reading "Something is emerging...". The blurred image was hyperlinked to Google Maps with the search field set as "China". The website was later updated with a slightly less blurred image, and hyperlinked to Google Maps with the search field set as "Boreray." It was updated for a second time, with a non-blurred image (a piece of concept art), redirecting to Google Maps with the search field set as 502 2nd Avenue in Seattle. The three hyperlinks were hints towards The Chinese Room's involvement in the game (a previous game by The Chinese Room, Dear Esther, was set on a Hebridean island like Boreray, and the address in Seattle pointed towards a restaurant named 'The Chinese Room'). Examination of the site's source code led fans to a webpage that resembled a computer console with usable commands and a countdown. After the expiration of the countdown, a message on the page read "A machine for pigs coming fall two thousand twelve." The game was formally announced via video game blog Joystiq.