SOMA's greatest horror is philosophical. The questions it poses about consciousness and identity are genuinely disturbing — what if you were a copy? What if the original you was already dead? The underwater setting and biomechanical monsters add visceral dread to the existential crisis.
This page combines editorial context, community fear data, platform availability, and store links so you can quickly judge whether SOMA fits your horror backlog.
If scare intensity, jump scares, or specific triggers matter to you, use the fear profile and warning details below before you buy or start a playthrough.
SOMA is a walking simulator, sci-fi horror, cosmic horror, philosophical horror game developed by Frictional Games, released in 2015. Available on PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One.
Community ratings give SOMA an intensity score of 4.0 out of 5. Jump scares are rated as few. Content warnings include violence, psychological horror, body horror, existential themes.
Played from a first-person perspective. Solo mode available. Average playtime is approximately 9 hours.
SOMA has few jump scares according to community ratings.
SOMA has an intensity rating of 4.0 out of 5 based on community votes.
SOMA contains the following content warnings: Violence, Psychological Horror, Body Horror, Existential Themes.
SOMA is available on PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One.
SOMA was developed by Frictional Games. Published by Frictional Games and Abylight Studios.
