Red Matter

Red Matter

Released Nov 2018

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.

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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Red Matter launched on November 10, 2018 as a complete, self-contained VR puzzle adventure game. The store description presents it as a finished story-driven experience with no mention of additional content, expansions, or post-launch plans. There are no DLC listings of any kind. Post-launch developer activity has been limited to maintenance: a bug fix in August 2022 and a feature patch in October 2023 that improved controls, upgraded textures, and added new language localizations. These are quality-of-life and compatibility improvements, not new story content or expansions. The developer has never announced or hinted at additional content for this game. A full sequel, Red Matter 2, was released separately in 2022, suggesting the original game's story was always intended as a standalone experience. The game shipped as a complete product and has remained so throughout its lifetime.
Evidence
Store description presents Red Matter as a complete, self-contained story-driven VR puzzle adventure with no mention of DLC, expansions, or planned additional content.
description · Nov 10, 2018 source content shipped
high
Patch 1.0.010 added smooth locomotion improvements, 4K texture upgrades, and six new language localizations — quality-of-life updates with no new story content.
news post · Oct 26, 2023 source development ongoing
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Details

Developer
Publisher
Vertical Robot
Achievements
20
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player

About this game

THE MISSION IS SIMPLE. THE TRUTH IS NOT.

You are Agent Epsilon, an Atlantic Union astronaut sent to investigate an abandoned Volgravian research base on Rhea, one of Saturn’s moons.

What begins as a covert recovery mission soon becomes something far stranger.

Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure set in a dystopian Cold War where every room, object and document may hold part of the truth. Explore an isolated facility, restore forgotten machinery and follow the evidence left behind by a crew that vanished.

INVESTIGATE EVERY DETAIL

Scan objects, translate Volgravian documents and search the facility for clues.

Propaganda, personal belongings, research records and the environments themselves reveal a mystery that rewards observation and curiosity. Nothing is quite what it seems—and the deeper you investigate, the more unsettling the truth becomes.

SOLVE THE FACILITY

Repair circuits. Operate unfamiliar machinery. Decode information. Manipulate objects with your own hands.

Every puzzle is built into the world around you, turning the facility itself into something to understand, unlock and investigate.

TOOLS BUILT FOR VR

Your motion controllers become multifunctional devices for grabbing, scanning, translating and illuminating the world around you.

Turn dials, pull switches, examine objects and operate technology naturally as you uncover what happened on Rhea.

A RETRO-FUTURE COLD WAR IN SPACE

Step onto the hostile surface of Rhea and descend into imposing brutalist corridors, underground installations and secret laboratories.

Detailed environments, upgraded 4K textures, rich materials and atmospheric lighting bring Red Matter’s retro-futuristic world to life.

The tension comes from isolation, surveillance and the feeling that something went terribly wrong here.

MOVE YOUR WAY

Explore using smooth locomotion, teleport or dash, with multiple movement options designed to let you experience the facility your way.

UNCOVER THE TRUTH

Every clue brings you closer.

Every discovery raises another question.

And some secrets were buried for a reason.

Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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