Games like SOMA
If you like SOMA (horror, sci-fi and narrative), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- In common: story and exploring
When you fancy being properly scared with the lights off, in hour-long sessions.
In Sound Mind
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: more action
When you fancy psychological horror in chapters: each tape lasts a couple of hours and has its own boss.
Amanda the Adventurer
- In common: story
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you want short, unsettling horror: a first playthrough takes under an hour, and there are five endings.
Little Nightmares
- Difference: less story
When you want an unsettling experience you can finish in one or two sessions.
Alien: Isolation
- In common: exploring and story
- Difference: harder
When you want to be properly scared and have the energy for sustained tension.
SIGNALIS
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: more management
When you want atmospheric, enigmatic horror best enjoyed in sessions of one or two hours.
What Remains of Edith Finch
- In common: story
- Difference: more relaxed
When you have a quiet afternoon and want a complete, moving experience with no difficulty at all.
INSIDE
- In common: story
When you have a free afternoon and want a short, polished work you can play in one sitting.
Outer Wilds
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: more thinking
When you feel like exploring and thinking calmly, with at least an hour ahead of you. Every loop ends with a discovery.
Firewatch
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: more relaxed
When you want a grown-up, lovely story you can finish in one or two afternoons, with no demands.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About SOMA
A ruined underwater facility and uncomfortable questions about consciousness and identity. More than jump scares, SOMA offers an existential dread that stays with you for days. Includes a threat-free mode to focus on the story.
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