$29.99Active Matter Loot the zone before it blinks out
A realistic extraction shooter set in quantum-unstable zones where you pick a loadout, harvest active matter, grab loot, and get out before the zone collapses. Expect rival operatives, crazed survivors, anomalies, and transformed creatures — solo or in small squads.
Is Active Matter worth it?
Active Matter is worth it if…
- you like tense raid calculations about when to push and when to extract
- you like military gunplay mixed with horror, anomalies and strange creatures
- you want solo or small-squad co-op raids with a base to upgrade between runs
- you like detailed maps with labs, industrial ruins and loot in every corner
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Grab the loot and get out alive
You choose your loadout, enter a raid solo or in a small squad, and hunt for active matter and valuables. Then comes the extraction fan's familiar math: push deeper for better loot or leave while your legs still work. The zone has an expiry date and ceases to exist with everything inside it, so dithering is its own kind of death. Rivals from other timelines, AI enemies, and physics-breaking anomalies all want a say in your plans.
Anomalies, monsters and bad physics
Active matter bends time, space, and gravity in front of you. Expect topology shifts, gravity failures, eerie objects, and creatures transformed by exposure that attack on sight. Some survivors you meet have lost their mind and humanity after too much contact. You deal with it with real-world-based guns and tactics, because war is apparently multiverse-proof. Bring a shotgun for things that do not take hints.
Pick your fight: PvE or PvPvE
Raids come in PvE and PvPvE across the same unstable zones, so you control how much human treachery is in your evening. Go quiet, watch the environment, and learn the map — running and gunning is a fast way to donate your gear. Co-op makes the horror more manageable, with someone to cover corners and drag you out of trouble. Other players remain the most dangerous enemy, which tells you plenty about people.
A base, a loop and a way out
You are an operative stuck in a time loop, respawned at the same point after death. Between raids you expand your syndicate base, upgrade your arsenal, and replicate items pulled from other timelines. Syndicates fight over passive sources of active matter, and those sources are your only chance to break the loop. Maps range from a large island with rusty Soviet industrial blocks and science labs to places outside normal space and time, with hints about where active matter came from.
How does extraction work here?
What do you actually do in a raid?
You enter a quantum-unstable zone with your chosen loadout, harvest active matter, gather loot from buildings and points of interest, deal with creatures, anomalies and possibly rival operatives, then reach extraction before the zone collapses.
Can you avoid PvP?
Yes. Raids are offered as PvE and PvPvE on the maps, solo or in small squads, so you can run co-op against AI, anomalies and creatures without rival players in the mix.
What are the guns like?
Grounded and military-based, with customization and distinct handling between weapon types. Active matter may drag in odd items from other timelines, but your arsenal stays rooted in real-world technology and tactics.
What is the time loop story?
You are an operative who returns to the same point after death. You harvest active matter, build up your syndicate base and arsenal, and fight for control of its sources as the only way to break out and take control of your fate.
