Soma

Released: September 21, 2015

Type: Main Game

Platforms:

PlayStation 4 Linux PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac Xbox One

Genres:

Puzzle Adventure Indie

Game Modes:

Single player

Themes:

Action Science fiction Horror Stealth Mystery

Player Perspectives:

First person

Ratings

User Rating

82.6

Based on 589 ratings

Critics Rating

81.2

Based on 15 ratings

Total Rating

81.9

Based on 604 ratings

Summary

Soma is a sci-fi horror game from Frictional Games, creators of the groundbreaking Amnesia and Penumbra series.

The radio is dead, food is running out, and the machines have started to think they are people. Underwater facility Pathos-II has suffered an intolerable isolation and we’re going to have to make some tough decisions. What can be done? What makes sense? What is left to fight for? Soma is a sci-fi horror game from Frictional Games, the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It is an unsettling story about identity, consciousness, and what it means to be human.

Storyline

The radio has gone silent on PATHOS-2. As isolation bears down on the staff of the remote research facility, strange things are happening.

Machines are taking on human traits and alien constructions have started to interfere with routine. The world around them is turning into a nightmare.

The only way out is to do something unimaginable.

Screenshots

Involved Companies

BlitWorks

Role:

Frictional Games

Role:

Developer Publisher

Game Engines

HPL Engine

Keywords

post-apocalyptic bloody underwater shark robots steam backtracking time limit atmospheric camera survival horror nudity darkness steam achievements single-player only steam cloud countdown timer playing cards steam workshop voice acting famous quotes polygonal 3d mouse aquatic wasd movement white noise color separation non-player character profanity fake in-game advertising corpse sprinting mechanics moral decisions vision obstruction fake glitch jump scare moment audio logs inconvenient malfunction crab evolving title screen surveillance camera car accident plot twist scripted events vent crawling in-game e-mail first-person platforming guided by radio context sensitive outside of the map foreshadowing crane puzzle ghostly manifestation flash drive male protagonist

Alternative Names

SOMA

Websites

reddit.com store.steampowered.com soma.wikia.com epicgames.com instagram.com twitch.tv youtube.com en.wikipedia.org twitter.com somagame.com discord.gg gog.com facebook.com

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