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How to Play Amanda the Adventurer – All Platforms

What secrets will you uncover?

Video Games come and go but a few stay with us for a while. In our minds as we try to fall asleep at night wondering “what did I just play?” or “what could it all mean?”. Games where the lore just hits different and the ambiguity just claws at you until you cave in and YouTube/Google Amanda the Adventurer Lore Explained. Games that give you real paranoia that someone is watching you as you play, that the game, regardless of its aesthetics feels real, like a fourth-wall break without trying too hard. Amanda the Adventurer is one of these games. So, if you are interested at all in this Indie Horror Game, Vincent’s guide will show you exactly what this game is all about and where you can play it.

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What is Amanda the Adventurer?

Amanda the Adventurer is a unique short Horror Game experienced. Being the full release debut game for MANGLEDmaw Games, now a Developer I am adding onto my list of ones to watch out for, Amanda the Adventurer is a fantastic Horror Game that will leave you with many questions, interpretations and overall disturbed by the time the credits roll (for the fifth time in total). The narrative is gripping, as you play as Riley who is performing her own investigation into these mysterious Tapes that are clearly cursed in some way. Although she did not want to follow her Aunt Kate’s footsteps in investigating this bizarre and twisted world inside a TV Set, she is pulled into the Apple’s Core of disturbing conspiracy about a Kid’s Show that really nails what it means to truly hold their viewers attention.

Your goal in Amanda the Adventurer is to piece together as much information as possible about the TV Show. Find out what happened to Aunt Kate, the missing kids and the strange hold this Show has onto the real world. Who is Amanda? What is Hameln? Piece together the puzzle and draw your own conclusion of this disturbing tale of family, friendship and abandonment with heavy supernatural undertones.

Where Can You Play Amanda the Adventurer?

For those curious about this game, whether you have seen it all over your YouTube explore page or watched CoryXKenshin play this and want to take this game on for yourself, you can find Amanda the Adventurer on Windows, available at Steam. Keep in mind that this game is only available at Steam as of its release in April, 2023 but with its high praise received already, we can see more being done with this game. Be that a sequel or perhaps more platforms available for Amanda the Adventurer. Will we actually see this game play out on our Television screens, be it for Nintendo Switch, Xbox or PlayStation, we are not sure. However, with other Children’s Toys turned Horror, like Five Nights at Freddy’s and Poppy Playtime who have giant fanbases, I hope that this game gets all of the attention it deserves for a long time.

Is Amanda the Adventurer Free to Play?

With many options nowadays to play a good Horror Game on Steam or Itch.io, for free or a small payment, you may have anticipated Amanda the Adventurer to have a similar price tag. Although this Indie Horror Game is on the shorter side, it’s creativity and complexity gives it opportunity to ask for more money from its customers. For this reason, Amanda the Adventurer is currently available for $8.09 on Steam until May 2nd, after which it will go to its full pricing of $8.99. The full release is only available on Steam but you have the opportunity to check out the game in Demo form via Steam and Itch.io if you are interested in seeing this first before you commit to a full purchase.

The Demo offers intriguing mysteries that will likely entice you enough to purchase the full game. We highly recommend you give this Horror Game a go as you will not be disappointed. If you are a Horror Game fan like myself, graphics typically seen in Indie Horror do not matter, these Developers shine under narrative, atmosphere and dialogue and Amanda the Adventurer ticks all three boxes and then some.


If you end up trying this game out for yourself, be sure to check out all of our GJ guides available here for Amanda the Adventurer’s secrets to the lore, we hope that these provide you with enough help to get you through the Amanda curse. Thank you for reading this article.

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Hadley Vincent
Hadley is a Freelance Writer for Gamer Journalist. They have been with the company since October 2022. With a BSc Honors in Psychology, Hadley focuses their creativity and passion for Video Games by primarily covering Horror, FPS, and anything with a great narrative. You will often find Hadley covering the latest indie horror games or deploying into Call of Duty's DMZ. They love a good story and one that can keep them up at night, be that for its scares or its lore.