SOMA
Explore the underwater PATHOS-II facility in first person, examining terminals and documents while seeking its remaining inhabitants and finding ways past hostile encounters in a story about consciousness.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.3 / 10
About this game
SOMA places you inside the submerged PATHOS-II facility, where machines have begun to believe they are people. Explore in first person, examine terminals and documents, and search for the remaining inhabitants to piece together what has happened. Investigating the station is how you uncover its circumstances and participate in the events shaping its fate. The search also brings hostile encounters. You must work out how to get past threats or when to run, balancing the desire to investigate with the need to continue through danger. Identity, consciousness and the meaning of being human form the story's central questions, tying the facility's strange inhabitants to the mystery you are investigating.
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AI review
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For players who want to investigate unsettling ideas while navigating a place that remains dangerous to explore.
Searching terminals and documents could make understanding the station feel like an active task rather than background reading. Hostile encounters add a competing demand for attention, making this combination most relevant to players comfortable with investigation under threat.
Strengths
- Machines that believe they are human give the investigation a concrete connection to the story's questions about consciousness.
- Discovering information through terminals and documents can reward an interest in reconstructing a place's history.
Weaknesses
- Players seeking uninterrupted investigation may find the need to evade hostile encounters a competing priority.
Who it is for: Readers of speculative fiction who enjoy environmental investigation and are comfortable with threats interrupting their search for answers.
Play notes: The focus on identity and consciousness accompanies hostile encounters; investigation is not the only activity.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The alternation between looking for evidence and dealing with threats could create a deliberate tension between curiosity and the urge to move on. | Reviewed | 8.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Deciding how to proceed through danger while searching for information may appeal to players who want discovery to carry a sense of vulnerability. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension A first-person view of a submerged facility populated by self-identifying machines may give the questions about humanity a more immediate setting. | Reviewed | 9.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Handheld, tabletop and TV support offers a choice of viewing setup for an investigation that involves terminals and documents. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Frictional Games
- Publisher
- Abylight
- Release date
- Jul 23, 2026
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- www.nintendo.com
- Offline minimum players
- 1
- Offline maximum players
- 1
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- Solo-friendly3D GraphicsLinear LevelsExplorationPuzzle SolvingHorrorInvestigationMain Story 10–20 HoursSlow BurnStory-drivenFirst Person
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- PEGI: 16
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2015
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideJul 23, 2026
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Sources
- abylightstudios.comSource revision: 1
- abylightstudios.com