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Enter an abandoned Cold War base on a moon of Saturn in this atmospheric VR puzzle adventure. Scan evidence, translate Volgravian messages, manipulate strange machinery, and uncover a sci-fi mystery that grows more surreal with every discovery.

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 1,108 reviews of which 1,001 were positive and 107 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 13.24€ on Steam with a 47% 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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System 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

User reviews & Ratings

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5 hours played
July 2026
this is a great game for vr , it has a great story line so it draws you into the story making this game really enjoyable
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2 hours played
March 2026
I wouldn't recommend this for the full price of $25 but, if you can get it on a good sale, it's not terrible. It's not particularly good, either, though. There are many better puzzle games for VR. Despite this game being often recommended, it's pretty weak in a lot of ways... First off, the "puzzles" barely count as puzzles. There are like 2 real puzzles in the entire game and the rest of them fall into 1 of 2 categories: 1) You just have to follow a chain of interactables that can only be done in sequence. You'll enter a room, there will be a bunch of switches and such but none of them are powered on except one. You interact with that one and another powers on. Then you interact with that one and another powers on, etc, until you reach the end of the sequence. 2) There will be a bunch of interactables all powered on at once but there's no trick or logic to solve it. You just have to fiddle with things until you stumble across the solution. Second, the smooth locomotion is PAINFULLY slow. Smooth loco and teleport are both active at the same time but smooth loco is so slow that you're basically forced to teleport. Third, this game is super short. I'm writing this after beating the game at 2.5 hours. I did miss a couple things so it might be like 3-3.5 hours to 100% it but not long at all. Lastly, the controls are kind of annoying, even though the only controls to speak of are switching between your grabber, scanner and flashlight. The flashlight is useless. The laser your scanner emits works better as a flashlight than your actual flashlight so that could have been gotten rid of. Then I'm sure they could have worked out a way to make the scanner and grabber active at the same time. There's no real reason to switch back and forth. If you got rid of the switching then that would free up the face buttons and then you can use the trigger for the grabbers and one of the face buttons for the scanner. EZPZ. Overall, it's not terrible but it's not particularly good, either. Considering the price is high for the length and the fact that there are better puzzle games available for VR, I can't strongly recommend this but I can't really recommend against it, either. It's one of those "I would have picked 'neutral', if I could" games.
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5 hours played
March 2026
Red Matter is a very short game, but it's incredibly immersive and still looks great in 2026. The attention to detail is beautiful, but I just wish it was longer. The puzzles are very good and do require a bit of thinking, but they are very satisfying when you get them. Ah well, time to charge the Quest 3 and download the sequel. :)
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4 hours played
Nov. 2025
Red Matter is an OK game. For the asking price of 25 bucks, I don't believe it is worth it. Buy on sale. I took my time going through the game and only got 3.6h out of it, and I even got all the achievements. That being said, let's shift the analysis from quantity to quality. Was that 3.6h good? I would say "yes with some caveats". The story is pretty good. It could have done with some more fleshing out, but it was good. The voice acting and writing was very well done, and so was the sound design. The game play mechanics are generally good - even if I have to admit, that the control system could have been done much better. Basically, your left hand has 4 tools attached to it, of which one is: "Show mission objective" - *Thumb Stick button*. For the sake of brevity, this is the last I will say of that. The other tools are: A translator, a grabber and a torch. Most of the game you are constantly having to switch between these, each time having the transition take a second or two. You press A or B to cycle through them and if you do it too fast and skip the right one, or go the wrong direction, you spend a good bit of time just getting to the right tool. It get's old REAL fast. I'm not saying that if it was done better, that I could have probably finished the game in 2h sans achievements. I'm not saying that. I really am not. I am just *heavily* implying that. Here is what I believe would have worked better: Button A: "Action A" (Example - Translate) Button B: "Action B" (Example - Torch) Trigger: "Action C" (Example - Grabber) WOOOOAAAHHHH HOLY SHIFT I FOUND THE HOLY GRAIL OF COMPUTER GAMING!! AND THAT AS A LAYMAN!!!? THE WORLD SHAKES AND TREMBLES AT THAT MIGHT!! Yes, that was sarcasm and no, that simplicity is nothing special, which is why the game is just "Ok" from a quality perspective. Well, ok. Enough knit picking. The game still gets a thumbs up on the condition that you get it at least on 50% sale. 10 bucks. Tops.
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6 hours played
Oct. 2025
This is not an action game. It's a puzzle game. I think the full price is too high, considering the length of the game. So I recommend to buy the game on a discount.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Red Matter is currently priced at 13.24€ on Steam.

Yes, Red Matter is currently available at a 47% discount. You can purchase it for 13.24€ on Steam.

Yes, Red Matter received 1,001 positive votes out of a total of 1,108 achieving a rating of 8.55.
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Red Matter was developed and published by Vertical Robot.

Yes, Red Matter is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Red Matter is not playable on MacOS.

No, Red Matter is not playable on Linux.

Red Matter is a single-player game.

No, Red Matter does not currently offer any DLC.

No, Red Matter does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Red Matter does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Red Matter is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Red Matter PEGI 12
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Vertical Robot
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Vertical Robot
Release 10 Nov 2018
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