Games Like SOMA

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Lovecraftian 14%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Gore 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: From the same developer, it delivers the same vulnerable exploration, resource-light survival, environmental puzzles, and deeply oppressive horror atmosphere.

1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19%, Gore 11%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.5%, Walking Simulator 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person, story-led escape through a collapsing offshore oil rig captures SOMA's maritime isolation and desperate helplessness.

Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.4%, Horror 25.2%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%, First-Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is another exceptionally tense first-person sci-fi survival horror game built around hiding, scavenging, and surviving inside a hostile industrial facility.

A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.2%, Horror 11.2%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, First-Person 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines Frictional's familiar defenseless horror design with an emotionally heavy science-fiction mystery involving memory, loss, and survival.

Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Lovecraftian 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Survival Horror 10.4%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Frictional's earlier first-person horror sequel similarly emphasizes physical puzzles, isolation, stealth, and a sinister scientific complex.

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Although more systemic and sandbox-like, its oppressive underground setting and vulnerability to an unstoppable creature create comparable sustained dread.

Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.

Why similar: Underwater 21.8% ★, Horror 16.6%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its lonely deep-sea setting, failing equipment, hallucinations, and slow exploration make it one of the closest underwater horror companions to SOMA.

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Gore 17.3%, Lovecraftian 15.5%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 8.2%, Psychological Horror 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its wordless exploration of a grotesque biomechanical world evokes SOMA's discomforting atmosphere and fascination with bodies, machinery, and alien environments.

In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.

Why similar: Sci-fi 18.8%, Horror 17%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Atmospheric 9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a richly detailed, hostile space station full of environmental storytelling and an intelligent science-fiction narrative about identity and humanity.

Get ready for a thrilling underwater adventure with classic point-and-click gameplay. Explore with three characters simultaneously. Featuring atmospheric isometric graphics, rendered video, and a soundtrack by Mark Morgan, BONE TOTEM takes you on a journey to hidden places deep below the waves...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 16.4%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Story Rich 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-heavy horror adventure explores an abandoned deep-sea facility and pairs maritime dread with disturbing corporate sci-fi mysteries.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Horror 15.9%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Adventure 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Lovecraftian 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This space-station thriller investigates consciousness and artificial intelligence through immersive environmental interaction and an unnervingly intimate sci-fi story.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.7%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Dark 9%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its retro presentation, it is a superb psychological sci-fi survival horror about identity, memory, artificial people, and isolation.

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.6%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Dark 10.5%, Horror 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person exploration of an abandoned lunar facility, scarce resources, and threatening machinery strongly align with SOMA's lonely sci-fi horror mood.

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.8%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, First-Person 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This slow-burning Lovecraftian adventure focuses on investigating an isolated research base while confronting altered consciousness and existential horror.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Underwater 20.6% ★, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its claustrophobic submarine exploration and reliance on sparse instruments make its hostile underwater alien world intensely unnerving.

Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.6%, Horror 14.4%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Walking Simulator 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes first-person exploration of a Mars research base with psychological horror, isolation, and gradually escalating cosmic dread.

SCP: 5K is a co-op or singleplayer tactical horror FPS project that puts players in the midst of a conspiracy where the SCP Foundation has turned on humanity. Enjoy Early Access as we continue to work towards a completed full release of the project!

Why similar: Horror 41.9%, First-Person 22.6%, Story Rich 21.1%, Action 8.6%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its eerie research-facility exploration and anomalous sci-fi horror provide a similarly unsettling descent into a secretive technological nightmare.

Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Mystery 11%, Story Rich 11%, First-Person 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its slow, philosophical first-person sci-fi investigation emphasizes solitude, uncertainty, and humanity's fragility in an unknowable environment.

The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Story Rich 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.8%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This compact first-person mystery has players investigating an abandoned space station through environmental clues and a tense science-fiction conspiracy.

The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 13.8%, Gore 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Dark 9%

Why You'll Like It: This compact psychological horror game turns confinement aboard a damaged spacecraft into a deeply disturbing story of guilt, trauma, and human collapse.

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Why similar: Underwater 29.8% ★, Horror 20%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its underwater alien world delivers exceptional lonely exploration and occasional terror, though it is more focused on open-world crafting and survival.

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Sci-fi 24%, Puzzle 20.5%, Philosophical 14.3%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its haunting puzzle mechanics and story about copying consciousness directly engage with the identity and personhood questions at the heart of SOMA.

Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.7%, Horror 22%, Gore 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Dark 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides psychological horror, disturbing imagery, and reality-bending threats, though its combat focus makes it less contemplative than SOMA.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Story Rich 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its experimental anthology uses interfaces, puzzles, and escalating technological unease to tell smart, unsettling science-fiction horror stories.

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Gore 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its defenseless first-person escape gameplay and terrifying institutional setting suit players seeking SOMA's vulnerability and relentless pursuit sequences.

A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Why similar: Horror 52.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Lovecraftian 4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong fit for SOMA's psychological unease and environmental storytelling, though its haunted-house setting is less science-fiction driven.

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Sci-fi 22.9%, Puzzle 20%, First-Person 15.8%, Philosophical 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It trades scares for puzzles but shares SOMA's central concern with artificial intelligence, consciousness, and difficult moral questions aboard an isolated base.

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Philosophical 28.4%, Puzzle 17.3%, Sci-fi 13.4%, First-Person 9.8%, Story Rich 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its philosophical first-person puzzles explore consciousness, personhood, and artificial intelligence with much of the same existential weight as SOMA.

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Story Rich 12.4%, First-Person 8.7%, Exploration 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative exploration game uses a deserted space station and recorded crew interactions to examine corporate control, AI, and human connection.

Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Gore 24.2%, Horror 19.4%, First-Person 9.7%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric first-person horror mystery centers on investigating an isolated, malfunctioning scientific utopia filled with dangerous experiments.

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 22%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Dark 10.2%, Walking Simulator 6.5%

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Survival Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 7.3%

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Horror 21.8%, Lovecraftian 8.4%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Survival Horror 5.9%

The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 17.2%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Gore 10.2%, Walking Simulator 8.3%

Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.8%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Walking Simulator 11%, Dark 6.9%

THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, Horror 12.8%, Underwater 12.5% ★, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Exploration 6.2%

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, Survival Horror 8.5%, Atmospheric 8%, First-Person 7.7%

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Dark 11.3%, Gore 8.2%

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 11.2%, Gore 9.6%

A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!

Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Gore 12.9%, First-Person 8.1%

Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths

Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.9%, Philosophical 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 9.3%

A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 11.8%, Story Rich 7.2%

You’ve discovered evidence of a cosmic presence influencing humanity since its origins. Now something born in the depths of the cosmos is calling again. Investigate, uncover forbidden knowledge and survive a disturbing first person Lovecraftian horror adventure.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 12%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Sci-fi 6.9%

Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Gore 17.4%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%

When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?

Why similar: Survival Horror 14.7%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Gore 12.7%, Dark 9.7%

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Gore 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Dark 8.7%

Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 12%, Underwater 11.5% ★, Dark 9.5%

The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, Horror 20.2%, Gore 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.6%

You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.8%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 7%

Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 25%, Survival Horror 14%, Dark 8%, Gore 7.5%, Walking Simulator 6.8%

Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...

Why similar: Underwater 37.8% ★, Exploration 11.8%, Story Rich 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.4%

A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12%, Dark 10.9%

Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.

Why similar: Underwater 27.7% ★, Horror 16.1%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Sci-fi 8%, Exploration 8%

STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.

Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Dark 8.8%, Story Rich 8.3%

1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.4%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 5.6%, Atmospheric 5.2%

In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.

Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Horror 9.7%

First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.

Why similar: Gore 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 14.4%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Mystery 6.8%

Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 14.5%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Gore 10.3%, Horror 9%