Frictional Games’ creepy, undersea psychological horror SOMA might not be the first game that springs to mind when you think about mods, but it turns out that there’s already a number of cool community-created items hanging around on the Steam Workshop.
We’ve hunted down the very best examples for you to have a look at; expect entirely new maps, gameplay tweaks, model swaps and a bunch of other changes. Without further ado…
Updated 21/01/2016
FUGA / Created by January21-2016
From the modding community comes a new fully voiced scenario for SOMA. Something is chasing you and you must escape, but along the way, you can’t shake a feeling that whatever you’re running towards might just be worse than what is pursuing from behind. Engage yourself in a new adventure that will offer 30-50 minutes of new playtime. Can you survive the pursuit and find your way through the maze?
Amnesia-Style Inventory Management System / Created by Abion47
SOMA’s core experience is pretty simple when it comes to inventory. Tools found will usually be usable within the area, ensuring that you’ll never need more than two of them at once. On the other hand, it limits modders to using the same limited tool interface. This mod fixes that. With it, you can access Amnesia-style inventory menus and use them to store more items and expand creativity in your own SOMA mods.
The Omnitool Challenge / Created by The Dreamer
Have you escaped and eluded the challenging nightmare scape of SOMA? Looking to tackle a new challenge in the same universe? Maybe you’ll be interested to check out the Omnitool Challenge mod, which tasks you with finding the Omnitool device on each level and escaping back to an elevator to move onto the next. The game promises creative maps and challenges with a somewhat absurd ending.
Wafer / Created by The Dreamer
Do you ever tire of the constant dread of sitting in claustrophobic spaces waiting for enemies to either go away or at least leave the path to freedom open in SOMA? Then Wafer might be for you. In this modded scenario, WAU knows where you are and there’s nothing standing between you and your enemies. The best recourse? Run. Just run for your life and don’t slow down for anything.
SOMA: Monster Surprise / Created by Pikastroff
This is a story mod for SOMA in which the player starts in a room with Catherine, and then deals with a horde of monsters waiting for them in the basement and outside, threatening to tear down the house. Survival is highly doubtful in this scenario.
SOMA on Crack / Created by AestheticGamer
Rather than slowly building up tension through environmental design and pacing, this custom map instead traps you in a mist-filled carriage and proceeds to throw sanity-draining enemies at you. Not as subtle as some levels, perhaps, but a good example of what can be created using SOMA’s mod tools.
No DMG for Enemies / Created by Bilbop
While you probably won’t want to use this mod during your entire playthrough, for the occasional moment when you’re stuck in a small room with an enemy outside and no way to escape, being able to turn off enemy damage is something of a lifesaver.
That should keep you occupied for a while! We’ll keep scouring the depths of the world’s oceans for the latest SOMA mods, trying not to get hunted down by any bizarre cyborg monstrosities along the way.
