Red Matter

Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.

Red Matter is a vr, puzzle and adventure game developed and published by Vertical Robot.
Released on November 10th 2018 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 1,083 reviews of which 978 were positive and 105 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam and has a 40% discount.

The Steam community has classified Red Matter into these genres:

VR Puzzle Adventure Sci-fi Exploration Mystery Atmospheric Story Rich Cold War Great Soundtrack Horror Singleplayer Indie Casual Walking Simulator Immersive Sim 3D Beautiful Cinematic First-Person

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Intel i3-6100 / AMD FX4350
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia 970 or equivalent
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 3 GB available space
VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

This game is a treat, runs buttery smooth with really pretty visuals and environments, no idea what the story meant but it sounds cool and the puzzles where fun, only complaints is the height config is a bit out of wack, running speed is god awful slow and while i have no problem with a shorter game, for almost 40 dollars maybe only consider when on sale, otherwise pretty minor complaints, I recommend.

Oct. 2024

Decent puzzle game, but very short (2.5 hours) for the asking price, so I'd only recommend this on a sale. Nitpick: The flashlight is really weird and pointless in the game, you have to hold the trigger for max brightness. It replacing your left hand tool also makes it that much more annoying to use. Should've been on/off toggle on the right hand. The game does not use the grip button at all, so interacting with stuff is kinda annoying at times, but definitely not an issue.

Sept. 2024

Finished RM got 95% of the achievements. That's all but 1. I plan a 2nd playthrough on whatever VR HS I might get in the future. This is how VR should be used. This game was definitely my kind of experience. Reminds me of slow moving sci-fi like Silent Runnings, etc. The settings were drop dead gorgeous. I took my time throughout so I wouldn't miss anything. Everything others said annoyed them (like the guy periodically communicating with you via radio) I really liked. It felt like something from Carpenter's first film Dark Star. The voice acting was fine and really added to it for me personally. I hope the sequel has the same. Others have mentioned the puzzles being a tad simple. A few challenged my puzzler a little bit. But I just have to make sure to looked at everything. For anyone who might get stuck... just stick it out and keep trying. Nothing better than completing a game like this without getting a hint. I hope the sequel increases the fright factor. The atmosphere here kept me constantly engaged. But I think it's a slight let down in the end. Like a really great film, this was well worth what I paid for it. I tried it on the Quest 3 through Meta using Quest+. Loved it. But then I bought it and played it through steamvr and it was quite a bit better looking. This is a game to be explored fully. I plan to take on the sequel soon. But next I'm going to Genotype.

Aug. 2024

Excellent VR sci-fi game, worked well with my HP Reverb G2. Graphics, environments and gameplay is very good, puzzles are well balanced with increasing difficulty although not super challenging. I enjoyed it so much that I really wished it was longer, but nevertheless I definitely recommend this game!

Jan. 2024

Interesting project. 2-4 hours of gameplay. The puzzles hit the sweetspot - not too easy, not too hard. Alot of interaction with the environment. Graphics are really amazing. If you do not own it I recommend getting it, especially on sale

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Developer

Vertical Robot

Publisher

Vertical Robot

Release 10 Nov 2018

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