Can I Run SOMA?
Released in 2015, SOMA is an action adventure game built by Frictional Games. It offers a single player campaign. 8 languages are covered by the store listing. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. Completionists have 10 achievements to work through. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. With more than 45 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Cloud saves are enabled. Critics scored it 84 on Metacritic.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Core i3 / AMD A6 2.4Ghz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 / AMD Radeon HD 5750. OpenGL 3.3 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows Vista |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Core i5 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 / AMD Radeon HD 5970. OpenGL 3.3 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 7 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
Scores are deterministic, computed by fixed rules and benchmark tables, not written by an AI. How we score. Maintained by Farhad Ali. Spotted a wrong specification? Tell us.
Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a horror setting, moving through spaces built for exploration. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and SOMA can never assume the player will stop and let it load. The view is from a first person view. There are 9 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why SOMA is demanding
SOMA needs 64 bit Windows. Disk footprint is light, near 25 GB. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run SOMA?
SOMA targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 / AMD Radeon HD 5750. OpenGL 3.3 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 / AMD Radeon HD 5970. OpenGL 3.3 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
Similar games you can run
Cyberpunk 2077
Grand Theft Auto V
Red Dead Redemption 2
DOOM Eternal
Stardew Valley
The Last of Us Part IFrequently asked questions
Can my PC run SOMA?
Upload your DxDiag file to Idxdiag's free checker and get a component by component compatibility verdict for SOMA in seconds. No install required.
What are the minimum system requirements for SOMA?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Core i3 / AMD A6 2.4Ghz; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 / AMD Radeon HD 5750. OpenGL 3.3; 4 GB RAM; OS: 64-bit Windows Vista.
How much storage does SOMA need?
SOMA needs about 25 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for SOMA?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for SOMA is the CPU.