After decades of pushing dumb and/or weird PC peripherals, Razer has reached apotheosis. The company known for shoving RGB lights into everything, down to its misguided attempts at a face mask, has added RGB lights to a chair. The $500 Razer Soma Chroma is the kind of seat that’s comfortable to sit in and fun to look at but is ultimately designed for people who care more about the gamer aesthetic than anything else.
3 Razer Soma Chroma It's a solid chair by itself, but you'll get limited use out of the RGB lights that hang out behind your head. Pros Comfortable and ergonomic cushions Lumbar support Premium chair feel RGB lights are unique Cons Requires a separate battery pack Chroma games don't all sync well RGB lights aren't super noticeable Razer’s new chair offers a lot of firsts. The Soma Chroma gaming chair is the company’s first piece of “immersive” furniture. It’s also the first seat I’ve ever used that requires an external battery pack to power it and a USB dongle to connect to your PC. However, this isn’t the first chair to try to incorporate RGB lights. You can go on Amazon and find several from brands like GTPlayer. Still, there’s a reason to be at least curious about what Razer is doing, because the next step beyond RGB lights is turning a chair into an extensive “immersive” media suite. What’s the point of RGB lights you never actually look at when playing? © Raymond Wong / Gizmodo Back at CES 2026, I planted my posterior into a very similar-looking chair devised by Razer. In addition to RGB lights, that concept chair, dubbed Project Madison, also incorporated speakers and a set of haptic pads directly into the back and seat cushions. That chair is essentially a combination of Razer’s Freyja haptic cushion and its Clio headrest speaker, all contained in one comfortable unit.
