$34.99Abiotic Factor Survive the lab, together
Trapped miles underground in the GATE research facility after a containment breach, you survive as a scientist with a PhD, not a soldier. Scavenge offices and labs, craft oddball weapons and traps, build a base, and push through portals and labs with up to five other survival crafters.
Is Abiotic Factor worth it?
Abiotic Factor is worth it if…
- you like survival crafting games where scavenging offices beats chopping trees
- you want co-op where friends split exploring, cooking, and base building
- you enjoy learning a big connected map with shortcuts and portals
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A lab coat survival run
You start as GATE staff with a chosen PhD, from botanist to defense analyst, and level traits and skills as you go. Fighting is not your strong suit, so you outthink what hunts you: tape and planks become spears and bats, then stranger gear like nets, traps, and laser cannons. You scavenge vacant offices, empty labs, and vending machines for scrap, cook and farm to keep hunger and thirst in check, and deal with toilets, sleep, radiation, and injuries along the way. It is scrappy, tense, and often funny.
One big facility to claim
The complex is a large, connected underground map plus worlds beyond portals, with offices, labs, housing, gardens, and industrial zones. You pick a room and make it home with benches, storage, beds, gardens, and defenses, plugged into the facility grid. When you want a change, you pack up and haul everything by handcart, forklift, SUV, or teleporter. Shortcuts loop back in satisfying ways, so a long loop through dozens of rooms can open a door twenty meters from your base.
Monsters, soldiers, and co-op shifts
Containment has failed, alien creatures roam through portals, and the Order hunts staff and entities alike. You plan an escape while robots, soldiers, and things from a dozen realms get in the way. It supports 1-6 players in co-op, and it suits a group with roles: some push into new sectors for resources, others cook, craft, and expand the base. The tone stays dark and surreal, with a plain 90s sci-fi look that keeps even strange sights feeling like part of the workplace.
What should you know before starting?
Can you play it solo?
Yes, it supports 1-6 players. Solo works, with no time limit forcing you forward, so you can build and tidy the base between trips. Co-op makes the split of jobs easier, with one person exploring while another cooks or crafts.
How does character building work?
You choose a PhD and traits at the start, then level skills through use to earn perks and abilities. Different builds favor crafting, combat, botany, and more, and every component has multiple crafting uses, which rewards keeping scrap.
Do you move base often?
You do not have to. Many survival crafters keep one base for the whole run because shortcuts keep travel short. If you do relocate, handcarts, forklifts, SUVs, and teleporters help move belongings across the facility.
