{"rewrite":{"id":"r_853790f68cbc6246ebd5e55b","clusterId":"c_de321bfe735a3ffd3415dc8d","slug":"stfgames-launches-somnius-in-steam-early-access","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"STFGames Launches SOMNIUS In Steam Early Access","summary":"STFGames, the developer of Stone Simulator, released SOMNIUS in Steam Early Access on September 22. The co-op escape game supports up to six players, who use a Vacuum Gun to suck in objects and fire them into a portal that opens an escape from a collapsing dream world. It is priced at 1,050 yen, discounted to 651 yen through September 30, with an Early Access period planned to last about one year.","whyItMatters":"The release tests whether a physics-driven gimmick and proximity voice chat can carry a co-op escape game through an Early Access year that the developer has already mapped out.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSOMNIUS runs on one tool. The Vacuum Gun sucks in nearly any object in a room, and whatever it holds can be fired out again, into the portal that ends the run or into the creatures that interrupt it. Teammates count as ammunition too, and downed players can be rescued.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooms are generated automatically, and throwing objects into the portal extends the team\u0026#39;s remaining time. Proximity voice chat is available, though monsters can hear it. The game is sold for PC via Steam at 1,050 yen, discounted to 651 yen through September 30, with Early Access planned to run about one year.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"STFGames is selling SOMNIUS at 651 yen through September 30, then 1,050 after. Launch pricing at that spread usually signals a studio buying Early Access feedback with discount volume, not margin.","twitterPost":"SOMNIUS carries a 651 yen launch discount against a 1,050 yen list price. That gap buys STFGames feedback volume, not revenue.","threadsPost":"SOMNIUS is discounted to 651 yen until September 30, against a 1,050 yen list price. For STFGames, that spread is the Early Access bargain: cheap enough to pull a six player co-op crowd in, priced to rise only after the escape loop is proven.","newsletterBlurb":"STFGames released SOMNIUS in Steam Early Access on September 22. The co-op escape game supports up to six players who use a Vacuum Gun to convert objects into portal energy, and teammates can be fired as well. It is 1,050 yen, discounted to 651 yen through September 30, with Early Access planned for about one year.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/23/172670.html\",\"title\":\"Chaotic 6-Player Co-op Escape Game 'SOMNIUS' Launches in Steam Early Access! Suck Up Friends and Everything Else with the 'Vacuum Gun' and Turn Them into Bullets\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4760,"outputTokens":615,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791210131,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T14:17:15.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T14:21:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T14:21:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_de321bfe735a3ffd3415dc8d","canonicalTitle":"最大6人協力のカオスな脱出ゲーム『SOMNIUS』Steam早期アクセス開始！「バキュームガン」で友達も何もかも吸い込んで弾丸に","representativeArticleId":"a_8de8ccad0ab0d84ec4c9df06","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"SOMNIUS\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-23T07:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-23T07:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T14:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/23/172670.html","title":"最大6人協力のカオスな脱出ゲーム『SOMNIUS』Steam早期アクセス開始！「バキュームガン」で友達も何もかも吸い込んで弾丸に"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["SOMNIUS"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}