
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
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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 Phytogenetic Botanist to Defense Analyst and Archotechnic Consultant (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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Languages: English*, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America*languages with full audio support
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Одна из лучших вещей которая случалась в моей жизни
An amazing game to play with friends, great story, great progression, very much recommend
Steam《非生物因素》游玩评测:硬核耐玩的地下研究所生存佳作 近期通关了Steam平台的《非生物因素》,这款多人合作生存建造游戏给我带来了远超预期的游玩体验。整体而言,它是一款优缺点十分鲜明、可玩性拉满、硬核度十足的生存佳作,虽然存在些许短板,但扎实的玩法体系、庞大精巧的地图设计和超高的耐玩度,足以让它成为生存类游戏里的冷门黑马,非常适合喜欢硬核生存、联机攻关的玩家入坑。 先聊聊游戏最亮眼的核心优势。本作的剧情开局代入感极强,玩家以新人身份闯入全面封闭戒严、被异界怪物侵占的地下研究所,从零开启绝境求生,没有任何开局福利,所有生存资源、科技配方、装备道具都需要亲手探索解锁,循序渐进的成长节奏让人沉浸感十足。游戏的核心玩法体系设计得非常完善,完美融合了探索、打怪、搜集、建造、科研、种植等多重元素,玩法闭环做得十分扎实。 科技解锁机制是游戏的一大特色,摒弃了传统生存游戏单纯靠点数升级的模式,独创冥想解锁科技的玩法。玩家通过猎杀带辐射的怪物获取基础食物原料,搜集各类零散资源,就能逐步解锁制造台、烹饪台等核心基建。值得一提的是,游戏加入了真实的基地停电、设备接电设定,基建玩法更具真实性和策略性,需要玩家合理规划电力布局,才能启动各类制造设备。从净化辐射怪物肉、煮沸净水解决基础生存温饱,到解锁基础武器装备踏出新手区,再到逐步探索办公区、制造区,一路破解门禁、斩杀变异怪物与敌对雇佣兵,解锁异界地图、获取种植作物和高阶原材料,最终突破基地逃出绝境,整套流程层层递进,节奏把控恰到好处。 地图设计绝对是本作的封神亮点,采用优质的箱庭式结构,整体体量十分庞大。整张研究所地图分区清晰、互联互通,暗藏大量捷径与隐藏区域,探索过程充满惊喜。同时游戏兼顾了自由度与流程性,玩家虽然可以自由搜集资源、搭建基建、探索开荒,但核心区域和高阶内容需要跟随主线进度解锁,有效避免了开放式生存游戏常见的玩法混乱、目标缺失的问题,让自由玩法和线性流程完美平衡。 生存系统的硬核写实风格是游戏的核心特色,也是核心乐趣所在。本作摒弃了轻量化的生存设定,打造了全方位的真实生存机制:探索过程中会遭遇辐射伤害,需要专属药物缓解;战斗受伤会触发流血状态,必须使用绷带止血;雪地场景会面临低温结冰、体感降温的问题,多重生存压力叠加,让每一次探索都充满紧张感。同时怪物伤害数值较高,前期容错率极低,单人游玩挑战难度拉满,硬核体验十足。 战斗体系成长曲线清晰,可玩性十足。游戏前期主打近战冷兵器对抗,玩法偏向谨慎拉扯、走位输出;随着科技等级不断提升,玩家可以解锁弓箭、枪械乃至各类高科技武器与专属装备,战斗方式从苟活防御转变为主动攻坚,玩法层次大幅提升。除此之外,游戏支持多人联机攻关,也是它的一大加分项。单人游玩极致硬核、难度偏高,但和小伙伴组队分工协作后,既能分摊生存、探索、打怪的压力,又能解锁更多趣味玩法,开荒过程欢乐感拉满,1-6人的联机适配性极佳,是妥妥的社交向生存游戏。 在游玩时长和耐玩度上,本作的表现远超同类中小型生存游戏。通关流程和探索内容十分充足,有熟手带队的情况下,完整通关主线大概需要五六十小时;如果是新手入坑,或是喜欢深度探索、解锁全科技、搜集全物资的玩家,游玩时长可以轻松突破100小时,性价比极高。 最后客观提一下游戏的小幅短板,也是玩家最直观的槽点。本作画风建模较为简陋,人物模型质感粗糙,第一眼观感较差,画面表现力远不及当下主流生存游戏。同时整体战斗方式相对单一,打击手感中规中矩,没有亮眼的操作体系,全程以刷怪、攻坚、探索为主,战斗趣味性比较普通。但这些短板完全属于瑕不掩瑜,简陋的画风丝毫没有影响游戏的玩法体验,扎实的内核足以覆盖画面的不足。 总体来说,《非生物因素》是一款重玩法、轻画面、高硬核、高耐玩的优质联机生存游戏。硬核真实的生存机制、层层递进的科技玩法、庞大精巧的箱庭地图、充足的游玩内容,搭配趣味性十足的多人联机体验,让它在同类游戏中脱颖而出。只要能接受简陋的画风和偏硬核的单人难度,无论是休闲联机玩家,还是热爱生存探索、基建开荒的核心玩家,都能在这款游戏中收获极佳的游玩体验,非常值得入手。
just goated in general. great if you like games like Subnautica and the forest, while bringing in a ton of half-life vibes. also fantastic to play with friends
One of the best games I have ever played! I never played a game where from beginning to end I was always discovering new things. I was overwhelmed at first, but once I just kept playing I fell in love with this game and literally poured in 180 hours. I highly recommend this game for people who love a good Sci-Fi story, who loves exploration and the exploration is actually very rewarding and who love a game with so much depth. This was a masterpiece in my eyes.
maravlhoso
This is about as good as a game can get IMO. Every part of this game is perfection. My friend and I thought we had almost beaten the game when we realized we had basically completed the first part of the game and unlocked the world. This is a 10/10 experience.
好游戏,都是需要进一步优化
Ce jeu est vraiment une pépite, pour ma part un des meilleurs dans le style survie/craft/explo. Chose tres appreciable mais pourtant asser rare dans les jeux de survie: une vraie quete principale avec ses objectifs. La map n'est ni tros grande ni trop petite, on retrouve des systeme de raccourci à la drak soul et on se prends vraiment au jeu a vouloir la découvrir. coté craft et farm c'est équilibré juste comme il faut, on ne se retrouve pas a farmer pendant des heures et des heures pour un seul item. bref j'ai vraiment adoré faire ce jeu, il me tarde vraiment que le dlc arrive. (fait en coop sur notre propre serveur, je le conseil vraiment en coop sur son propre serv ou partie dédié)
This game was some of the most fun I have ever had in a survival crafter. Me and my 3 friends played through the whole game and completed nearly every achievement. Not only does the game have great gameplay, but the story and lore you can discover make this universe feel so full and lived in. I think I can say with confidence this is the best survival crafter I have ever played and it has snuck into my top 10 games of all time. In short: great game solo or with friends but the experience with friends makes this so much more. Absolute must buy for fans of the genre or playing with friends.
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