Amnesia The Bunker is a grueling, methodical slog through mud, blood, and collapsing piles of splintered wood. A terrifying metaphor for the brutality of World War 1, Frictional has created one of the best Steam horror games in years, forcing you to deliberate over every decision, every resource, and every possible threat and blindspot as you painstakingly creep through its eponymous underground hellhole. It’s a relentless test of every single one of your nerves – except, of course, when you clip onto a flying shovel and finish the entire game in less than 90 seconds, which one intrepid Amnesia The Bunker speedrunner has managed to do already.
The Amnesia The Bunker map is a veritable maze, replete with sunken tunnels, locked passageways, and dark, foreboding alcoves just waiting, waiting, waiting for you to stroll by. Add to that the fact you’re being pursued by an enormous beast, and you’re trying to figure out how to save the prisoner, and you’ve got a verified ordeal on your hands.
But as it turns out, you can actually bypass basically all of that and just fly out of the bunker in less time than it’ll take you to read this article. We owe it all to speedrunner ‘Blood Thunder,’ who has been gradually deconstructing Amnesia The Bunker since its release.
Without factoring in the initial prologue and tutorial section, which teaches you how to use the gun, throw objects, and so on, Blood Thunder reaches the end of Amnesia in precisely one minute and 26 seconds. Watch the run below, and then we’ll explain how it works:
So, you will have noticed that Blood Thunder clips through the walls and then, ultimately, through the collapsed cliffside at the end of The Bunker, also. You’ll also have seen how the speedrunner picks up
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