SOMA

SOMA

Steam Deck Verified

Frictional Games · Horror · Sep 22, 2015

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $5.99.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
52k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 252 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 62 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 52k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
38% of themes are praise50% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story is absolutely amazing, without spoilers, it heavily rewards people who walk around and taking in details, and exploring the many areas that aren't directly needed for the story.
252 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The story, writing, and voice acting were excellent.
62 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
This game runs great, I played this on a laptop with integrated Intel graphics, so no GPU. 16gb DDR5 and an intel Ultra 7.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters252 reviews
Audio62 reviews
Graphics38 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay86 reviews
88%
Difficulty22 reviews
86%
Interface10 reviews
90%
Performance8 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat13 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
10
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.