Soma

Frictional Games

Release Date: September 21, 2015

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Rating: 81 (17 ratings)

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.


Genres

Puzzle

Adventure

Indie


Themes

Action

Science fiction

Horror

Stealth

Mystery


Release Dates

Sep 22, 2015 - PlayStation 4

Sep 22, 2015 - PlayStation 4

Sep 22, 2015 - PlayStation 4

Dec 01, 2017 - Xbox One

Dec 01, 2017 - Xbox One

Sep 21, 2015 - PC (Microsoft Windows)

Sep 21, 2015 - Mac

Sep 21, 2015 - Linux

Jan 12, 2016 - Mac


Game Modes

Single player


Keywords

robot

post-apocalyptic

blood

underwater

mystery

survival

shark

robots

fire

keyboard

puzzles

sci-fi

bridge

adventure

water

horror

button

steam

backtracking

time limit

playstation

rock

atmospheric

paint

inventory

ball

newspaper

camera

survival horror

nudity

flowers

graffiti

glitch

hook

quiz

switch

scissors

darkness

tree

flags

steam achievements

single-player only

train

steam cloud

jump

male protagonists

crate

trash can

vine

pencil

plate

spoon

fork

cup

laboratory apparatus

countdown timer

playing cards

steam workshop

voice acting

toilet

sunglasses

toilet paper

ladder

fish

toothpaste

first-person perspective

famous quotes

cell phone

polygonal 3d

book

mouse

pipe

shower head

computer

syringe

door

frying pan

bed

shelf

aquatic

lily pad

knife

item throw

helmet

shrub

loading screens

bubble

crouching

wasd movement

message on the wall

white noise

first-person regain consciousness

color separation

gamma adjustment

cardboard box

paper

photo

letter

sink

houseplant

window

desk lamp

the locked door

non-player character

profanity

aural characters

gog.com

electricity

fake in-game advertising

table

elevator

bloody wall

mutilated corpse

warning sign

pillow

desk

corpse

scalpel

first aid kit

sprinting

key

bench

bone

french fries

instant death

glasses

bottle

laptop

moral decisions

crosshair

full body awareness

subtitles

pants

razor

vision obstruction

umbrella

maps

evade

tips

limited light source

crepuscular rays

laser

breakable glass

fake glitch

poster

operating an operating system

jump scare moment

triple question mark

office chair

couch

clock

bulletin board

sticky note

loud ambient noises

audio logs

inconvenient malfunction

phone

valve

rug

whiteboard

curtain

underwear

crab

map

functional toilets

production babies

light switch

level titles

television

mirror

refrigerator

bucket

clipboard

the future

water cooler

lens flare

cooking range

glass

confirm menu choices

coral

evolving title screen

boots

gasoline can

net

seashell

shoes

eye

reflection

necklace

fireplace

experiments gone awry

file cabinet

wrench

fan

hair brush

clothesline

projector screen

surveillance camera

car accident

electrified water

spaghetti

stalactite

plot twist

dumbbell

tape

rotatable objects

light bloom

fire extinguisher

locker

crane

magazine

drill

speaker

microwave

towel

code writing

toothbrush

oven

shirt

scripted events

vent crawling

in-game e-mail

x-ray picture

lock

first-person platforming

chalkboard

tin can

guided by radio

texture pop-in

leaning

air duct

vacuum cleaner

paint brush

sock

context sensitive

outside of the map

foreshadowing

stapler

crane puzzle

screwdriver

overall

soap

stingray

origami

ghostly manifestation

walls covered with organic tissue

marker

gin

flash drive

stun baton

debilitated movement

hpl engine 3

fire hose cabinet

slide projector

male protagonist


Developers

Frictional Games


Publishers

Frictional Games


Supporting Developers

BlitWorks