11 Games with a sci-fi setting like Soma that you should try

If Soma worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, stealth mechanics and horror setting, the same is here. To that it adds a first-person view and single-player focus. They part company on game mode and tone: this one brings co-op play and 3D presentation.

Where it meets Soma is tone and place, not genre: horror tension, strong narrative focus and a sci-fi setting. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and genre — its own ground is a third-person camera.

It shares the essentials of what Soma does: strong narrative focus, stealth mechanics and horror setting. To that it adds single-player focus and a first-person view. Its own ground is fantasy world.

Genre puts it alongside Soma, and so does strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and combat — its own ground is a top-down view.

Shelved next to Soma for good reason: strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and combat: ranged combat and a third-person camera.

It shares the essentials of what Soma does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is combat: ranged combat.

What brings it close to Soma is strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. To that it adds a first-person view and single-player focus. They part company on combat: this one brings ranged combat.

What brings it close to Soma is horror tension, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics, and the two track each other on combat, game mode and tone. The common ground extends to a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Where they diverge is genre.

Its point of contact with Soma is horror tension, strong narrative focus and a sci-fi setting. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is genre and visuals: deep simulation and pixel art.

Held in common with Soma: horror tension, strong narrative focus and a sci-fi setting. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on genre.

What carries over from Soma is horror tension, strong narrative focus and a sci-fi setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in genre.