Description

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.

Abiotic Factor brings a 90’s sci-fi twist and rich character progression to the multiplayer open world survival crafting genre. Up to 6 players can choose their PHDs, build their scientist, gear up, and explore a massive subterranean complex, filled with supernatural artifacts, transdimensional foes, and science experiments gone awry.

Between alien threats hunting their next meal, trigger happy soldiers, and the world’s most advanced robotic security forces attacking personnel working overtime, there’s no shortage of danger. As a scientist, fighting isn’t your forte, so you’ll need to put your PHD to work to outwit your opponents: craft ingenious and outlandish tools, weapons and gear, from simple nets and wooden bats to laser-cannons and elaborate traps - everything your big science brain can muster!

Make yourself at home - you’re here for the long haul. Scavenge resources from vacant offices and empty labs, raid vending machines, and steal company property to build a new base of operations as you explore the facility. When it’s time for a change of scenery, pack up your belongings and move them across the facility using handcarts, forklifts, SUVs, teleporters, and more.

Don your lab coat and earn your PhD: from Plant Geneticist to Defense Analyst and Structural Engineer (and many, many more), each with its own advantages essential to survival. Combine traits and skills, then level up to earn perks and abilities with your fellow scientists to forge a formidable scientific force.

Working at GATE may have been a dream job, but dying here wasn’t part of your five year plan. Explore this massive underground facility as well as many worlds beyond and take full advantage of the most advanced technology unknown to mankind in this interdimensional sci-fi adventure!

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About Abiotic Factor

Developed by New Zealand independent studio Deep Field Games and published by Playstack, Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting game set in 1993 inside the GATE Cascade Research Facility, a vast underground complex built beneath the Australian outback and inspired by the aesthetic of Valve's Half-Life series. For one to six players, the game tasks scientists with surviving a catastrophic containment breach by scavenging office supplies, crafting increasingly outlandish tools and weapons, building and relocating bases, and exploring transdimensional portal worlds called Anteverses.

What makes Abiotic Factor stand out in the survival crafting genre is the depth and cohesion of its world. The facility is entirely interconnected with almost no loading screens, creating a sense of genuine place that most survival games never achieve. Each scientist chooses a PhD specialisation at the start that shapes their abilities and approach to survival, encouraging genuine co-operative specialisation rather than everyone playing identically. The game launched in Early Access in May 2024 and reached its full 1.0 release on July 22, 2025 alongside a console debut on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One, with full crossplay across all platforms. The 1.0 launch also included the Cold Fusion chapter, a free update adding new enemies, story beats, and NPC traders. The game holds an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam with over 26,000 reviews at 96% positive and was awarded Best Co-op Game of 2025 by PC Gamer.

Abiotic Factor is currently available on Xbox Game Pass, having launched day-one on the service on July 22, 2025. If you are already a Game Pass subscriber, you can access it through your membership at no additional cost. If you do not have Game Pass, GameBoost offers Xbox Game Pass gift cards as an alternative way to get started.

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System Requirements

Minimum

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 or later
Processor: i5-8th Gen CPU or similar
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon HD 7970
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: These are tentative and not final. ABF runs on Unreal Engine 5 and the specifications will be suggested accordingly closer to release. This will probably not run on your PC from 1997.

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 or later
Processor: i5-11th Gen CPU or similar
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce RTX 2080 or better
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: These are tentative and not final. ABF runs on Unreal Engine 5 and the specifications will be suggested accordingly closer to release. This will probably not run on your PC from 1997.