Abiotic Factor

4.9 out of 5
11 User Ratings
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97% | Overwhelmingly Positive
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Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility.
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About Abiotic Factor

About this game

Home to the world's greatest minds, GATE operates a global network of secretive research laboratories, spanning every field of scientific study - and the realms beyond.

As a GATE employee you extend the bounds of human knowledge, and seek to explain the unexplainable - including anomalies and paranormal entities: from gravity-distorting artifacts to supernatural creatures with an unbridled instinct for violence. Safety, security, and secrecy are of the utmost importance… usually.

After a catastrophic containment breach, your workplace has become a cosmic battle zone: anomalous entities are on the loose, enemies from other dimensions are invading via portals, and an arcane military sect - known as The Order - is targeting personnel and entities indiscriminately, aiming to seize artifacts and put an end to the chaos.

Containment procedures have failed and help isn’t on the way. Stranded miles beneath the surface, it’s up to you and your fellow scientists to band together, plan your escape, and make this underground complex your new home - for now.

Abiotic Factor brings a 90’s sci-fi twist and rich character progression to the multiplayer open world survival crafting genre. Up to 6 players can choose their PHDs, build their scientist, gear up, and explore a massive subterranean complex, filled with supernatural artifacts, transdimensional foes, and science experiments gone awry.

Between alien threats hunting their next meal, trigger happy soldiers, and the world’s most advanced robotic security forces attacking personnel working overtime, there’s no shortage of danger. As a scientist, fighting isn’t your forte, so you’ll need to put your PHD to work to outwit your opponents: craft ingenious and outlandish tools, weapons and gear, from simple nets and wooden bats to laser-cannons and elaborate traps - everything your big science brain can muster!

Make yourself at home - you’re here for the long haul. Scavenge resources from vacant offices and empty labs, raid vending machines, and steal company property to build a new base of operations as you explore the facility. When it’s time for a change of scenery, pack up your belongings and move them across the facility using handcarts, forklifts, SUVs, teleporters, and more.

Don your lab coat and earn your PhD: from Plant Geneticist to Defense Analyst and Structural Engineer (and many, many more), each with its own advantages essential to survival. Combine traits and skills, then level up to earn perks and abilities with your fellow scientists to forge a formidable scientific force.

Working at GATE may have been a dream job, but dying here wasn’t part of your five year plan. Explore this massive underground facility as well as many worlds beyond and take full advantage of the most advanced technology unknown to mankind in this interdimensional sci-fi adventure!

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
May 02, 2024
Developer:
Deep Field Games
Publisher:
Playstack
Supported Languages:
English

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 or later
  • Processor: 2.6 GHz Quad Core CPU or similar
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon HD 7970
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: These are tentative and not final. ABF runs on Unreal Engine 5 and the specifications will be suggested accordingly closer to release. This will probably not run on your PC from 1997.

Recommended:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 or later
  • Processor: 3 GHz 12-Core CPU or similar
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce RTX 2080 or better
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: These are tentative and not final. ABF runs on Unreal Engine 5 and the specifications will be suggested accordingly closer to release. This will probably not run on your PC from 1997.

Critic Reviews

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PC Gamer

PC Gamer
92 / 100
"Abiotic Factor is an unforgettable interdimensional odyssey with you and your closest friends."

Games.cz

90 / 100
"A clever mix of survival and RPG with an immersive world that’s more than just a tribute to Half-Life. Driven forward with a story full of sharp satire, action, and horror,...

Game8

86 / 100
"Abiotic Factor stands out in the survival crafting genre by fusing humor, tension, and sci-fi absurdity into a deeply replayable experience. It’s clever, strange, and...
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Abiotic Factor User Reviews

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User Rating

Average score from 11 ratings
92% of users would recommend this.
4.9

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Recommended

Kenstagator
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Abiotic Factor drops you into the sprawling underground labs of GATE, a research company packed with “the world’s greatest minds.” On your very first day, a containment breach unleashes creatures from other dimensions, trapping you and up to five fellow scientists deep below the surface. Now, survival means crafting, scavenging, and occasionally smacking monsters with office furniture. Part Half-Life, part survival sandbox, the game mixes humor, horror, and creative crafting into a surprisingly deep experience. You start with basic tools and scraps, but soon you’re inventing weapons, building base camps out of cubicle walls, and even decorating your safe zone with fridges and arcade machines. The ability to flatpack and move furniture is a particularly clever touch. While Abiotic Factor can be played solo, it truly shines in co-op, letting you and your friends survive the madness together. You’ll manage hunger, thirst, and even bathroom breaks (yes, really), all while exploring a maze-like facility full of clever level design, looping shortcuts, and dangerous secrets. Each area feels distinct, and venturing deeper introduces stranger worlds beyond our own. Combat can be clunky early on, and the crafting menus occasionally awkward, but the charm and depth of its systems make up for it. The writing is witty, the setting is full of discovery, and there’s a real sense of progression as you unlock new perks, gadgets, and areas. After 10 hours, it’s clear there’s still so much left to uncover. Abiotic Factor is one of those rare survival games that balances depth, creativity, and personality, rewarding both careful thinkers and chaotic experimenters.
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Recommended

Vorst
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It's kind of like half life, but with survival mechanics, and the combination oddly enough is very fun. Works all right on the steam deck, but I recommend using a computer instead. Definitely recommend it, even for an early access title. As of writing, it's not too far off from its 1.0 update anyway.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, Abiotic Factor is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that Abiotic Factor is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game requires manual configuration of graphics settings to perform well on Steam Deck
Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 or later
  • Processor: 2.6 GHz Quad Core CPU or similar
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon HD 7970
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: These are tentative and not final. ABF runs on Unreal Engine 5 and the specifications will be suggested accordingly closer to release. This will probably not run on your PC from 1997.
Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 or later
  • Processor: 3 GHz 12-Core CPU or similar
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce RTX 2080 or better
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: These are tentative and not final. ABF runs on Unreal Engine 5 and the specifications will be suggested accordingly closer to release. This will probably not run on your PC from 1997.
92% of Fanatical users recommend Abiotic Factor. The average review score is 4.9/5
Abiotic Factor was released on May 02, 2024
Abiotic Factor is published by Playstack
Abiotic Factor was developed by Deep Field Games
Fanatical users tagged Abiotic Factor as Survival, Crafting, Simulation, and Open World Survival Craft
Fanatical users tagged Abiotic Factor as Sci-fi, Aliens, Science, and 1990s
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Abiotic Factor as having Online Co-Op
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Abiotic Factor as having Multiplayer
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Abiotic Factor as having PvE
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Abiotic Factor as Survival
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Abiotic Factor as Crafting
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Abiotic Factor as Simulation

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