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Karma Carta makes a hand of Texas Hold’em the way out of a visual novel mystery

SOMA’s test version follows an amnesiac who wakes in an unfamiliar school and needs to win another character’s chips to escape.

Kadir Çanakcı

Published Nov 4, 2026

Karma Carta official artwork — Official artwork · SOMA. Game source

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What caught our attention Where to start

What caught our attention

SOMA’s test version follows an amnesiac who wakes in an unfamiliar school and needs to win another character’s chips to escape. The poker table is how the story moves forward. The developer lists twenty skills and five endings, with an in-game guide for readers new to Hold’em.

Where to start

The itch.io page offers a browser build and labels it a test version in development. Korean, Japanese and English are listed, with the developer disclosing machine-assisted translations.

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