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SOMA

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2015

Should you play it?

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

What works

  • Deep philosophical story
  • Immersive atmosphere and sound design
  • Thought-provoking moral choices
  • Strong emotional impact
  • Well-crafted sci-fi setting

Things to keep in mind

  • Simple and limited gameplay mechanics
  • Linear progression
  • Some pacing issues with slow sections
  • Lack of replayability beyond story
  • Minor technical issues reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Layers of Fear

  • Ad Infinitum

  • GET EVEN

  • The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

  • CINERIS SOMNIA

  • >observer_

More violent

Games that feels like SOMA but with more combat and destruction

  • Outlast 2

  • Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward

  • Hollowbody

  • A.I.L.A

  • Total Chaos

  • Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Amnesia: The Dark Descent

  • Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition

  • Amnesia: Rebirth

  • Penumbra Overture

  • Amnesia: The Bunker

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

SOMA: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Progression.

Last update: 03/08/2026