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Game entry

Soma

2015 · Horror, Action-adventure, Puzzle · PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One · Frictional Games

Soma is ranked no. 216 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,791 and 67% of duels won.

World rank

no. 216

ELO score

1,791

Wins

67%

Duels played

279

About Soma

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.

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.

The community says

What gets me about this game is how it makes isolation itself feel threatening, long before anything jumps at you. The ocean floor setting does more heavy…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,791 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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  1. yleannon

    What gets me about this game is how it makes isolation itself feel threatening, long before anything jumps at you. The ocean floor setting does more heavy lifting than most horror games manage with actual monsters.

    Alfonso_1993

    Comparing it to philosophy is generous, honestly, since half the runtime is just walking through corridors reading terminals looking for the next objective marker.

    Gamboa25

    Eso de la soledad amenazante es justo lo que hace que gane siempre que lo comparan con Bioshock, para mí no hay color.

    LootAce

    No sé si un 67% de victorias refleja bien lo que este juego representa realmente para quienes lo jugaron.

    Hortense_24

    You compare it to Bioshock and I get why, but for me it plays in a completely different league (sorry Bioshock fans).

  2. suzanne16

    I think what keeps this ranked lower than it deserves is that people expect jump scares and get philosophy instead. The dread here is slower and it sticks with you differently.

  3. fatima_barragan

    Yo reconozco que no soy objetiva con este juego, lo he defendido en cada duelo desde que empecé a votar aquí y no pienso parar ahora.

  4. Moral2003

    Lo jugué hace un par de veranos, en una etapa bastante rara para mí, y de alguna forma encajó perfecto con ese momento.

    rossi_celina

    Ce moment étrange dont tu parles, j'ai vécu la même chose avec Edith Finch, non ?

    PedroHunter

    Cada duelo se repite el mismo argumento sobre la filosofía y los sustos, y aun así sigo votando por él sin falta.

  5. meza_dario

    Lo jugué con mi pareja mirando por encima de mi hombro, y aunque ella no tocó el mando ni una vez, terminó tan afectada como yo por ciertas decisiones.

    CoopPhoenix2010

    Lo que cuentas de tu pareja me recuerda que este tipo de juegos casi siempre se vive mejor acompañado, aunque nadie toque el mando, cambia toda la experiencia.

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