Soma

Soma

Released: September 21, 2015
Type: Main Game

Platforms:

PlayStation 4 Linux PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac Xbox One Nintendo Switch

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 598 ratings

Critics Rating

81.2
Based on 15 ratings

Total Rating

81.9
Based on 613 ratings

Summary

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.

Enter the world of SOMA and face horrors buried deep beneath the ocean waves. Delve through locked terminals and secret documents to uncover the truth behind the chaos. Seek out the last remaining inhabitants and take part in the events that will ultimately shape the fate of the station. But be careful, danger lurks in every corner: corrupted humans, twisted creatures, insane robots, and even an inscrutable omnipresent A.I. You will need to figure out how to deal with each one of them. Just remember there’s no fighting back, either you outsmart your enemies or you get ready to run.

Storyline

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?

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

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