SOMA

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SOMA is a sci-fi horror game from Frictional Games, the creators of Amnesia: The Dark [link deleted] is an unsettling story about identity, consciousness, and what it means to be human. The radio is dead, food is running out, and the machines have started to think they are people.

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Developer:
Frictional Games
Engine:
HPL Engine
Release date:
21 September 2015
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (422)
All Steam reviews:
Overwhelmingly Positive (23760)

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Description

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.

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?

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.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
64-bit Windows Vista
Processor:
Core i3 / AMD A6 2.4Ghz
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 / AMD Radeon HD 5750. OpenGL 3.3
Storage:
25 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Integrated Intel graphics are not supported. They should work (Intel HD 4000-series or better), but with issues.

recommended*

OS *:
64-bit Windows 7
Processor:
Core i5 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 / AMD Radeon HD 5970. OpenGL 3.3
Storage:
25 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Integrated Intel graphics are not supported. They should work (Intel HD 4000-series or better), but with issues.

User reviews

MAUCHIXX
Recommended | 02 Jun 2026
42.8h played

Absolute masterpiece of a game. There are 2 points in your life: before playing SOMA and after playing SOMA. It's one of those games I wish I could play for the first time again... even with my absolute nemesis at Tau.

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Artemis.YT
Recommended | 01 Jun 2026
10.4h played

SOMA is like Blade Runner at the bottom of the ocean. It is a slow, atmospheric sci‑fi story that keeps poking at what it means to be human without ever spelling it out. You wake up in a collapsing underwater facility,

Helpful: 2
sky
Recommended | 01 Jun 2026
12.8h played

I've played this game because I've seen people say "After I finished SOMA I stared at my screen with my mouth open for 10 minutes". They weren't lying. Play SOMA. Right now.

Helpful: 1
Hal
Recommended | 02 Jun 2026
18.4h played

I am not a big horror guy, so when I recommend SOMA< understand that this is not coming from a guy who watches scary movies all the time. Dead Space is the only other horror game I have played, if memory serves (I don't

Helpful: 0
Jotarome
Recommended | 31 May 2026
17.9h played

SOMA delivers one of the most masterfully crafted and deeply connected worlds in sci-fi horror, every environment has had so much thought behind them. While the game can be a bit unoptimized, the gripping suspense and

Helpful: 0
SoMNiuM
Recommended | 30 May 2026
16.0h played

Hell of a game man. Well done Frictional, well done. I can't believe myself how I didn't play this masterpiece of Frictional Games after all these years as a player who played their previous games like Amnesia: The Dark

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