Somerville
Somerville is a science fiction adventure game that follows a family separated in the aftermath of a large-scale catastrophe involving extraterrestrial forces. The story focuses on the personal impact of the…
Somerville is an adventure developed by Jumpship, released 15 November 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The main story takes about 3.4 hrs to finish.
What Somerville is
Somerville is an adventure game developed by Jumpship and released in 2022. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Somerville is an adventure video game and the debut title by the independent studio Jumpship. The studio's co-founder, Dino Patti, previously co-founded Playdead and worked on Limbo and Inside as executive producer on both games. The game was released on Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in November 2022. It was released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in August 2023. It received mixed reviews upon release.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 11 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Somerville holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 69, across 69 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3.4 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 5 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz, AMD FX 8120 @ 3.1 GHz, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GT 630 / 650m, AMD Radeon HD6570 or equivalent. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 12GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Somerville launched on 15 November 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Bayonetta 3 and Signalis. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Bayonetta 3, Signalis.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Somerville yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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