Frictional Games

About

Frictional Games is an independent Swedish video game developer based in Helsingborg, Sweden. The company is known for their survival horror games. The first project was 2007 game Penumbra: Overture published by Paradox Interactive. The next year the studio developed a sequel to Overture – Penumbra: Black Plague, and an expansion pack for it ¬– Penumbra: Requiem. The games were mostly well-received a placed some of the ideas that were later used in Frictional Games breakthrough hit – Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It was released independently via online distribution and sold more than 1.4 million copies. The game gained a cult following and spawned a sequel Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs developed by The Chinese room. In 2015 Frictional Games released another well-received horror game – SOMA that abandoned some of the gameplay mechanics from the studio’s previous projects in favor of more focused narrative.