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As an astronaut investigating a vanished crew on Saturn’s moon Rhea, scan clues, translate records, and solve VR facility puzzles.
Released 10 Nov 2018
Translate Volgravian Messages
Scan Objects for Clues
Repair Base Circuits
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.
Developed by Vertical Robot · Published by Vertical Robot
You play Agent Epsilon, an Atlantic Union astronaut sent to investigate an abandoned Volgravian research base on Rhea, a moon of Saturn. The facility and its records hold clues to what happened to its missing crew.
Explore the base, inspect objects and documents, scan evidence, and use a translator to read Volgravian messages. Motion-controller tools let you grab and manipulate objects, operate devices, and illuminate your surroundings.
Solve puzzles integrated into the facility by repairing circuits, working machinery, and decoding information. Each discovery advances the investigation and reveals more of the story’s unsettling sci-fi mystery.
Players who enjoy Red Matter often praise its eerie, immersive setting, intriguing story, detailed visuals, and hands-on VR interactions. Many find the environmental puzzles satisfying and approachable, though some consider them too simple while others find particular puzzles unclear. The short runtime is a frequent caveat, and some players also find the tool-switching controls awkward.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Explore using smooth locomotion, teleport or dash, with multiple movement options designed to let you experience the facility your way.
Every clue brings you closer.
Every discovery raises another question.
And some secrets were buried for a reason.
| Platforms | Windows |
|---|---|
| Achievements | 20 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
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