Exactly the kind of horror I was looking for.
9/10

EDIT:
I wrote the above review when I was 12. I'm now 23.
First off, Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a high quality horror puzzler featuring a gripping story and graphics that still kinda hold up today. It requires you to have some forward thinking about the decisions you make, but it's nothing crazy; important things are written in a journal automatically for you, and if it's not there, it usually didn't matter that much. It features a competent auto-saving system to discourage save-scumming, and a neat but small cast of monsters.
Calling it any sort of "difficult" feels like a hyperbole. Play smart, understand how the monsters work and what audio cues matter, and you win. I may be speaking too much from experience here; I think this game will be more difficult and a lot more impactful to those who play it for the first time.

The game understands when to do horror, when to do puzzles, and when to do both at the same time, and how difficult it should make said puzzles. It's a nice balance that allows for breathing room between tense sections without overwhelming the player.

The campaign is short; could be finished realistically in under 5 hours with the true ending. Also, there are multiple endings.
The DLC is completely forgettable and utterly awful. It's meant to be some grand "test of skill", but it's a permadeath 4 section 30 minute gauntlet of different types of puzzle + horror under severe time restrictions. Nothing in the base game prepares you for this, and the obvious developer intent here is for you to "die until you remember all the steps". Bad game design aside, it's even worse from the fact that it's SLOW. The intro cutscene is extremely slow, the first section is extremely slow, there's intemediary sections that are slow. Justine is bad. Don't play it. There's probably like 600 custom stories better than it.

I'd say now, it's more like an 8/10. I respect the hell out of it for paving the way for indie horror, and being such a huge part of my teenage years with custom stories. Definitely recommend.

Exactly the kind of horror I was looking for. 9/10 EDIT: I wrote the above review when I was 12. I'm now 23. First off, Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a high quality horror puzzler featuring a gripping story and graphics that still kinda hold up today. It requires you to have some forward thinking about the decisions you make, but it's nothing crazy; important things are written in a journal automatically for you, and if it's not there, it usually didn't matter that much. It features a competent auto-saving system to discourage save-scumming, and a neat but small cast of monsters. Calling it any sort of "difficult" feels like a hyperbole. Play smart, understand how the monsters work and what audio cues matter, and you win. I may be speaking too much from experience here; I think this game will be more difficult and a lot more impactful to those who play it for the first time. The game understands when to do horror, when to do puzzles, and when to do both at the same time, and how difficult it should make said puzzles. It's a nice balance that allows for breathing room between tense sections without overwhelming the player. The campaign is short; could be finished realistically in under 5 hours with the true ending. Also, there are multiple endings. The DLC is completely forgettable and utterly awful. It's meant to be some grand "test of skill", but it's a permadeath 4 section 30 minute gauntlet of different types of puzzle + horror under severe time restrictions. Nothing in the base game prepares you for this, and the obvious developer intent here is for you to "die until you remember all the steps". Bad game design aside, it's even worse from the fact that it's SLOW. The intro cutscene is extremely slow, the first section is extremely slow, there's intemediary sections that are slow. Justine is bad. Don't play it. There's probably like 600 custom stories better than it. I'd say now, it's more like an 8/10. I respect the hell out of it for paving the way for indie horror, and being such a huge part of my teenage years with custom stories. Definitely recommend.