Abiotic Factor 2025

About

On Steam, 96% of 42,847 player reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive). 3,102 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 4,707 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 42 hours, doing everything about 346 hours. It was nominated for 4 awards.

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

Story

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.

What is happening now

Abiotic Factor is a survival game that launched on PC and consoles in July 2025. The title arrived on Xbox Game Pass and has since built a player base across Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. The game marked its first anniversary with a free update that introduced pet pointers among other additions, continuing developer support for the Game Pass release. The anniversary milestone suggests the survival experience has maintained enough engagement to warrant ongoing content updates beyond its initial launch window.