Underplayed Gems

Somnium (2024)

Somnium cover
Developer
Lalen
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Rating
5.0 of 5, 5 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.8 hours
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

You carefully inspect a realistic, tense room for subtle abnormalities, knowing one wrong step traps you in a loop mirroring a stressed worker's dream.

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What players say

Players describe a short anomaly-spotting game set in a single apartment room. The loop asks you to spot subtle changes each night or restart, testing memory and attention, but some find the repetition and basic environments limiting.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.