Somnium: Awaken

You wake up in a strange underground facility, painlessly memory erased and the air smelling of cold metal. Something terrible has happened here, and your first steps echo in empty corridors as you try to recall who you are and why you’re here. The walls whisper with distant alarms, and every faint sound hints at danger lurking just out of sight. As you piece together fragments of your past, you realize that you are essential to stopping a catastrophe that could threaten humanity itself. Survival hinges on curiosity, careful steps, and the courage to press forward through the unknown.

To uncover the truth, you must listen to the personal logs and emails left behind by others who were trapped here. Their voices reveal what happened, who survived, and what they tried to do to escape. The evidence threads together a narrative that guides your decisions and reveals hidden passages, power nodes, and the weaknesses of the threats you’ll face. Every clue matters because the only way out is to understand the facility’s dark past and your role within it.

Danger lurks in every corner. The facility isn’t empty, and the shadows may conceal more than you expect. Trust no area at first glance, anticipate failures, and learn to read the environment before you act. Your choices will shape what you can access next and what horrors you can keep at bay.

Physics-based interactions with the world let you move and interact with most objects. You can push, pull, and manipulate machinery to access new sectors, unlock doors, and solve intricate puzzles. Use the environment to your advantage—reorganize space, redirect power, or create barriers to reach previously sealed areas. Mastering these tools is essential to progress and to uncover the truth buried within the facility.

Bring the facility back online. As you advance, you’ll learn how to restore power, synchronize systems, and access previously blocked sections. Each solved puzzle opens new routes and reveals more logs, painting a clearer picture of what happened and what you must do to escape.

Fight back by exploiting enemy weaknesses. Identify how each threat operates, and use the environment to outsmart them or keep them at a distance. The threats are formidable, but by observing, planning, and using what you learned, you can survive the horrors and push toward the exit—and perhaps prevent humanity’s greatest danger from becoming reality.