Active Matter

Active Matter

Science-fiction extraction shooter set in a fractured multiverse where military ruins, impossible anomalies and supernatural creatures create a world strongly shaped by horror.

Developer
Matter Team
Publisher
Gaijin Network Ltd
Release
Platforms
PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Genres
Extraction Shooter, FPS, Horror, Science-fiction

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Our review

Active Matter: when military realism finally lets the impossible in

By Clarel

Active Matter works because it refuses to choose between the ordinary and the impossible. A magazine, flashlight and tactical vest remain reassuringly physical; a few metres later, architecture can stop obeying gravity. Matter Team does not always turn that superb material into equally strong narrative drama, but the world already has a texture and presence many extraction shooters never find. Music, lighting and anomalous phenomena carry much of the storytelling instead of cutscenes. The setting lingers longer than the plot, and that is hardly a small achievement.

PROS

Strong visual contrast between military realism and impossible phenomena
Locations have enough character to tell stories of their own
Anomalies and creatures give the raids a genuine horror identity

CONS

The story remains deliberately fragmented and can feel secondary
Dense systems and menus occasionally interrupt the atmosphere