2015-10-02

SOMA launched on September 22nd for PC and PS4 to the frightened delight of horror fans everywhere. Today, Frictional Games is releasing a new trailer highlighting some of the game’s terrifying moments with reactions from the press.

In a new blog post, Frictional Games discusses some of the details of SOMA’s launch, including sales and their opinion of the game’s reception.

Some highlights include:

– 92,000+ copies sold across all platforms after one week. Amnesia: The Dark Descent sold 30,000 in the first month.

– Their thoughts on comparing the horror-styles of SOMA and the Amnesia games.

– The difficulty of marketing SOMA without spoiling or misrepresenting it.

From Frictional Games, creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent, SOMA is a sci-fi horror game that questions our concepts of identity, consciousness, and what it means to be human.

SOMA is available for $29.99 on PS4.

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