Active Matter

Raids follow the extraction formula: pick a loadout, enter a zone, collect valuables and get out alive. You can go solo or squad up in small teams, and raids come in PvE and PvPvE flavours depending on whether you want to share the map with rival players. Other operatives are always the deadliest threat, because they want the same loot you do.

What sets Active Matter apart is the zone itself. Anomalies warp gravity and the shape of space in front of you, eerie SCP-inspired objects lurk in the ruins and creatures mutated by active matter attack on sight. Planning a route means accounting for physics that will not behave, not just enemy sightlines.

Weapons and gear are grounded in real-world military hardware despite the sci-fi framing. Active matter drags items in from other timelines, and back at base you can replicate specific pieces, which feeds a progression loop of expanding your syndicate base and upgrading your arsenal.

Beyond raids, syndicates of players clash in PvP battles over passive sources of active matter, bringing or crafting whatever gear they can. Maps sit outside normal space and time, including a large island packed with rusting Soviet industrial complexes and secretive science labs. The game supports full controller input and has 38 achievements.

Something broke the multiverse, and active matter is what spilled out. The substance bends time and space, pulls objects and people across timelines and leaves quantum-unstable zones that eventually wink out of existence, taking everything inside with them.

You are an operative caught in a loop, dragged back to the same moment every time you die. Some of the people who went into the zones before you lost their minds and their humanity to exposure. Syndicates fight over the richest sources, because controlling active matter is the only chance to break the loop and take back control of your own fate.

The maps double as lore. The island setting's Soviet-era industrial sites and science labs were among the first to study the phenomenon, and exploring them turns up hints about where active matter came from.

Active Matter is available on Windows and Linux via Steam, with Steam Deck support. The list price is US$29.99, and regional list prices are RM129 in Malaysia, S$39.99 in Singapore, ₱1,699 in the Philippines, ฿999 in Thailand, Rp 499,000 in Indonesia and 799,500₫ in Vietnam; it was 20% off on November 1, 2026. Seven languages are supported, among them English, German, Russian and Simplified Chinese, with no Southeast Asian option. Minimum spec is a GTX 1050 Ti or RX 470, 8 GB of RAM and 45 GB on a required SSD. It is online-only and needs broadband.