Outlast vs SOMA
75%Similarity
Better Rated
🏆 SOMA
Similarity Breakdown
Genres83%
Themes80%
Keywords44%
Game Modes100%
Player Perspective100%
Shared Features
✓ Adventure✓ Indie✓ Action✓ Horror✓ Mystery✓ Stealth✓ bloody✓ camera✓ color separation✓ context sensitive✓ corpse✓ darkness
Key Differences
Outlast
- +Survival
- +60 fps on consoles
- +aggressive door-opening
- +ambient music
- +auto-saving
- +been here before
SOMA
- +Puzzle
- +Science fiction
- +aquatic
- +atmospheric
- +audio logs
- +backtracking
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Outlast | SOMA |
|---|---|---|
| Release Date | Sep 4, 2013 | Sep 21, 2015 |
| Rating | 77/100 | 82/100 |
| Genres | Adventure, Indie | Adventure, Indie, Puzzle |
| Themes | Action, Horror, Mystery, Stealth, Survival | Action, Horror, Mystery, Science fiction, Stealth |
| Game Modes | Single player | Single player |
| Player Perspective | First person | First person |
| Platforms | Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
Similarity is calculated from matching genres, themes, keywords, game modes, and player perspectives in the existing game database.