Digimon Story Time Stranger
Digimon Story Time Stranger
Game
Game2013
Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Developer Quantic Dream
The Nomad Soul (known as Omikron: The Nomad Soul in North America) is an adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released for Microsoft Windows in 1999 and Dreamcast in 2000. The player can engage in unarmed and armed combat, explore the three-dimensional environment of Omikron City, and talk with non-player characters to progress the story. It follows an investigation… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
266 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
113 positive · 63 negative
95% range 57–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 113 | 63 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
90 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
431 of 654 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 266 · most liked firstPossess a man and Bang his wife ten minutes in to the game 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So good they named a strain of COVID-19 after it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →after stream crashing, having to reboot the game multiple times bc of weird issues or more crashes, I can safely say the first Omikron stream ended up just as I expected tbh
unlabelledView post →rip david bowie
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game holds a special place in my heart. The first time I played it was in 2016 (17 years after its initial release). I mention that because in many ways, Omikron: The Nomad Soul is a product of its time. Yet, in even more ways, it’s a game far ahead of its time, with ambitions that haven’t been fully realized in gaming even today. At its core, Omikron is an adventure game. You’re presented with problems that can often be solved by using the right item in the right place or by talking to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →David Bowie and I started writing this song (The Dreamers) in Bermuda in the spring of 1998. From that demo, we worked on it in 3 different studios (& with 3 different drummers) while Hours was in production. The album version & the Omikron video game version differ. David was an early riser, btw. 😎
unlabelledView post →Omikron is so bad it deserves to be studied. It’s so bad it’s captivating. It’s not fun, but the amount of hubris on display is inspiring. It has David Bowie in it, singing some (bad) original songs. It’s Bowie’s only gaming credit. This was Quantic Dream’s first game, and it could have been its last, but it wasn’t. They got David Bowie. They became an internationally recognized company, lasting far longer than most video game companies. They are thriving. Study this game, learn from its…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The company seriously needs to do a remaster in 4K for pc and PS5.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Koopie Sandwich
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A nightmarish rat's nest of terrible game design, even by 1999 standards. Fascinating, but only from a safe distance.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →David Bowie & I (Reeves Gabrels) started writing 'Seven' together in late summer, 1998. Different versions appear in the soundtrack of video game Omikron: The Nomad Soul and on DB's album Hours (which we co-produced), plus a single release & varied remixes. I didn't play this live tour performance.
unlabelledView post →the soul is there man, it really is but holy hell these controls make me want to drag my nuts through a trail of broken glass
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Omikron: The Covid Soul Beside the new covid nickname... this game has unique features from his time. Isn´t bad at all just adapt and the game will reward you with a amazingly history. Come on nomad, lets walk together until we find our paradise.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beating this game has made me a worse person.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i can't believe omikron killed david bowie
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not even David Bowie saved this game, poorly optimized.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Omikron - The Nomad Soul is one of the most ambitious and unconventional games of its era, a title that feels less like a traditional video game and more like an experimental digital world. Developed by Quantic Dream and published by Square Enix, it represents the studio’s earliest attempt at blending narrative, atmosphere, and player identity into a cohesive experience. Even decades after its release, Omikron remains striking not because of technical polish or mechanical refinement, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first five minuites: Take over a mans body David Bowie song intro go home ♥♥♥♥ his wife 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good to see Omikron: The Nomad Soul is at the V+A. For the record (pun acknowledged), the video game did not beget the Hours album. The two projects ran parallel and leapfrogged, and David Bowie & I had started song writing together for Hours long before the game developers approached him/us. 🎵
unlabelledView post →When David Bowie Starred in—and Created Music for—a Dystopian Cyberpunk Video Game: Discover Omikron: The Nomad Soul (1999)
unlabelledView post →Remembering David Bowie
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the only reason i have 28 hours is because the runtime application keeps going after you close the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Completely nonfunctional on my PC even after several hours of troubleshooting. What little of the game I managed to play was awful and, after watching the rest of the game on YouTube, I clearly wasn't missing out on much. How David Cage managed to have a career in gaming after making this is a mystery to me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#MusicChallenge #BlueZicos 👉 Jeux vidéo (Video Games) The Nomad Soul (known as Omikron: The Nomad Soul in North America) (Quantic Dream from France, 1997) Virtual David Bowie sang 3 songs in the game (🎶 Survive, Something In The Air, The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell). youtu.be/g-0okqYM5s4?...
unlabelledView post →Omikron: The Nomad Soul > Cyberpunk 2077
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you like tinkering with old software and making it work? Do you enjoy obscure, flawed, and frustrating games? Are you willing to put up with bad control schemes? Confusing FAQ's? You may be interested in Omikron: The Nomad Soul. Find a savegame editor to give yourself more rings (they're required to save the game), consult multiple walkthroughs and still have a rough time trying to make progress. The big failing is despite the fighting game sections, first person shooter parts, and open…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a David Cage Enthusiast, I think it's his worst game that isn't Omikron and that's a pretty hard thing to accomplish
unlabelledView post →Omikron functions better as a curiosity piece regarding the origins of Quantic Dream than anything else. If you have a taste for Dreamcast-era open-world, proto-cinematic gameplay with no sense of direction and an extra clunky 1-vs.-1 combat system, then sure, this game is a decent, trippy blast from the past. For everyone else though, Omikron has aged like milk, and is far too pretentious and dated to really get into. I spent most of my playtime wandering aimlessly, without a clear…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unique videogames that feel long forgotten (tell me yours). I'll go first. -Omikron I experienced on the Dreamcast. This game actually blew me away back in the day. It was janky but you could tell it was highly ambitious. Bonus points for David Bowie in it. Developed by Quantic Dream.
unlabelledView post →David Bowie forever!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't do it, just don't, go watch a playthrough, it's mostly mediocre then absolute trash by the end, that final boss fight is the worst designed thing I have ever suffered through. I only did so because me and a couple of friends are collectively suffering through all the trash David Cage and his dumpster fire of a company have put out. Don't get me wrong, the open immersive sim world of the first few acts is actually quite cool in that 'look at the old thing and how far we've come' kind of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so terrible in most aspects. Anyway, I really hate the Omikron Font they used as main menu font. It hurts my eyes so badly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Saw a video talking about "the greatest nightclub in video game history" but it's not the nightclub in Omikron: The Nomad Soul where you can wander in and witness an alien David Bowie perform, so... no
unlabelledView post →It's the worst David Cage game. Play it for the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, especially if you have a couch and some Canadian friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy Crimson C'Tuesday! Done for the night.🎃 Thank you @marnanel.bsky.social for joining me for more Lord Avalot d'Argent! I did some EGA art and played a few spooooky games.👻 I love doing Hallowe'en streams.☺️ Raided www.twitch.tv/oldskooljay, playing Omikron: The Nomad Soul!
unlabelledView post →It's ugly, the controls are terrible, and a good portion of the text is in some strange font which makes it almost unreadable. This wasn't a very good game when it came out and it still isn't.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still a good game, that TODAY runs in 3440x1440. Amazing story and -yes- the controls are outdated, but it works well with a controller. For the FPS parts of the game use a mouse+keyboard. [url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/243000/discussions/0/598519173680786789/]Use this for best graphics.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Nomad Soul (1999) appreciation post Set within a futuristic city (Omikron) under a crystal dome; the player leaves our dimension to enter the game in the body of Kay’l 669 Debut game by Quantic Dream (Heavy Rain, Detroit Become Human) with an original soundtrack by David Bowie & Reeves Gabrels
unlabelledView post →the game stopped responding after a couple minutes so I alt-tabbed out and closed the game in task manager, but the process never closed cause it was actually running under the name "runtime" and stayed open for days
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If one were to document the various hardships of my life, Omikron would undoubtedly be there. From the platforming that sucked ass, to the random invisible death planes that killed me instantly, to the nauseating FPS sections featuring those dogs I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate, to the unnavigably samey locations with droning repetitive music, I'm not sure Omikron itself had a single redeeming trait. By persevering with the power of friendship and homosexual hallucinations, however, I think I was able to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After agreeing, as a joke, to play this game after it was gifted to me, I was confronted with what could possibly be the worst game I have ever had the displeasure of playing. I tried several times to play the game before finally completing it on the third(?) attempt. In between the failed attempts and the final one this game shadowed me like the specter of death itself, and now I am truly free. I challenge David Cage to livestream himself completing his own ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game, because I know he…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has to be modded just to get it to run. Don't tell me this 1999 DreamCast-ass piece of ♥♥♥♥ needs more VRAM- I could run this turd on my cell phone. [url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL57hJfweW_2uqAdRACg-s5Siq_SBEwi2L]Basically killed my favorite YouTube channel. It'll kill your friendships too. Probably the reason why David Bowie never did videogames ever again. We could've asked a decade ago, but we'll never know now. Save yourself.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly unplayable without significant effort. I tried to make the controls work for me, I really did, but the game just kept thrashing and biting me like an angry animal. The fact it wouldn't let me save it after each time I tried a new key layout annoyed the snot out of me as well, it meant I had to watch the intro half a dozen times. Any game without a skip button is walking on thin ice to start with, but it is an older entry.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Way ahead of its time. Always wanted to finish this, played it randomly for a few days at a friends years ago. If you're love for RPGs outweighs somewhat frustrating control schemes, this one is for you. Such a cool game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You possess people and when they die you switch to others. Just like COVID!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →old school cyberpunk
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Omikron: The Nomad Soul is a deeply-flawed game that took decent ideas and executed them poorly. The one good thing this game has going for it is its atmosphere and music. The different cities of Omikron are enjoyable to explore, and many NPCs will give you exposition and background for the city you're visiting if you talk to them. The slider (car for fast-traveling) is convenient and helps a great deal when trying to figure out where a mission is telling you to go. The variety of locations is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So since I recently bought Detroit Become Human and now own all the David Cage games on Steam, I figured I'd start playing them. I skipped Omikron since the game isn't easy to run nowadays. So I download Indigo Prophecy and not even ONE minute into it I get a tutorial hosted by DAVID CAGE HIMSELF?
unlabelledView post →Limited saves (items acquired after "killing" opponents). Weird mixture of tank control free-exploration narrative adventure, first-person shooter, and side-profile 3D fighting game. None of the action elements work at all. The exploration and adventure elements are OK. Quite a bit of gross ♥♥♥♥ around women. The world feels pretty interesting - an intriguing cyberpunk dystopia. David Bowie music is good and his sequences, which I've only seen one of, are good (if goofy). "Soul Transfer" is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has terrible issues running on modern systems and has a history of poor support. Save your time and money, and don't buy this game anytime soon at least from here on steam. I would recommend purchasing this game elsewhere for the time being. So unfortunate as a huge David Bowie fan, I was looking forward to experiencing his brief dabble into video games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great blast from the past of a game. You can't go wrong with this for an open world game nothing short of amazing how you can wonder about for hours in the city. You can shoot drive and fight to your hearts content with music from late David Bowie you won't go wrong buying this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some games from the era are classics that hold up to this day. Some are hidden gems not appreciated in its day. Some were monumental for their time but are better appreciated from afar as they don't quite hold up. Omikron: The Nomad Soul belongs to none of these categories. How do you summarise Omikron? Imagine 3 different plots and 3 different gameplay systems all mixed together into a 15h long game in 1999 starring David Bowie. Its weird, its not very good but oh is it mesmerising. It looks…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PLEASE I BEG YOU KEEP ME COMPANY WHILE I PLAY THIS HORRIFIC GAME. Omikron the nomad soul by david cage...twice in one week.. we will see so many digital david bowie concerts... www.twitch.tv/unholylykoi/ #vtuber #furrylive #livefurry #pngtuber
unlabelledView post →HELP my soul got t rapped in this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the trapezoid box pc game era is such an interesting sub-genre of games. a lot of them has a feeling of exploration and dark mystery in early 3D spaces. the first two Thief games is another big one obviously with those boxes, but also stuff like Legacy of Kain or Omikron
unlabelledView post →emergence of Ziggy Stardust
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of fun things on this one, like higher-quality Anachronox art and assets from the cancelled Saboteur game. Plus higher quality art for Omikron/Nomad Soul too! And of course many others.
unlabelledView post →after watching @eurothug4000.bsky.social suffer playing Omikron.. i though i would share my war story.. youtu.be/Vkz9xj0JpZo
unlabelledView post →Was fascinated by this as a kid - an incredible mix of open-world exploration, RPG, FPS, & fighting sim all together in a futuristic, yet immersive world. I think i was most impressed by the possibility this suggested of what games could become in the next couple of decades. Now we know what games have become in that period, nostalgia is just about enough to warrant buying it but it's a hard sell otherwise.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having the capability to play this game through to completion should be a litmus test.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
Posts are quoted from public profiles with links to the original. Want yours removed? Contact us.
You Might Also Like
similar titlesDRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined
DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined
Game
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
Game
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Game
DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
Game
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Game