Action · September 21, 2015

SOMA (2015)

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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.

Action releases from 2015

146 Action titles launched in 2015 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume45.4k Steam reviewsTop 13% in Action
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 9%
Metacritic84/100Genre average 77 — top 22% of Action titles
Engagement hours8 h averageTop 54% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Horror · 1.1k
  • Psychological Horror · 953
  • Atmospheric · 922
  • Dark · 884
  • Story Rich · 882
  • Survival Horror · 871
  • Exploration · 869
  • Sci-fi · 867
  • Gore · 854
  • First-Person · 837
  • Lovecraftian · 833
  • Singleplayer · 830
  • Puzzle · 819
  • Adventure · 807
  • Walking Simulator · 802

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 45.4k reviews

43.6k positive · 1.8k negative

Metacritic

84/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.4/10

Curator recommendations

42.6k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (8)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Simplified Chinese

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play Together

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

8h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Achievements

10

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 21, 2015
DeveloperFrictional Games
Base price$7.49 -75%
Required age17+
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

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Content Notes

This game contains strong horror themes, gore (such as corpses), depictions of violence, non-sexual nudity, references to suicide and strong language.

Editions & Packages

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