[1] Before founding the company, both had little professional experience in the video game industry, having only had done some freelance jobs.

[1] The two began co-operating when Nilsson joined Grip on Unbirth, a hobby project that was later cancelled.

[2] The company was established in Helsingborg, Sweden, although most members worked remotely from other parts of Europe.

[4][5] It was originally planned to be the first episode in a trilogy, however, due to problems with publisher Lexicon Entertainment, Frictional shifted to a partnership with Paradox Interactive.

[14] Soma was self-released by Frictional on 22 September 2015 to generally favourable reviews and initial sales higher than those of Amnesia: The Dark Descent within the first days: Soma sold 92,000 units within ten days (in contrast to the 20,000 first-week sales of Amnesia: The Dark Descent),[15] and 450,000 units in its first year (in contrast to the 390,000 first-year sales of Amnesia: The Dark Descent).

[3] Amnesia: Rebirth, a follow-up to The Dark Descent, was announced with a trailer in March 2020 and was released in October 2020.