Red Matter
Release date: Nov 10, 2018
Developers: Vertical Robot
Publishers: Vertical Robot
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Review Highlights About the Game Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian Sci-Fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian base on Rhea, one of Saturn’s moons. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project. Solve puzzles in a beautiful, high-detail brutalist environment which only becomes more and more surreal as the story progresses. Use an array of hi-tech tools to decipher hidden messages and mechanisms and uncover ever deeper and darker secrets of the facility. But beware of what you may find... Once you discover the truth, will you be able to stomach it? Features: An interesting story that you will need to help unravel as you solve puzzles, scan objects and progress through the Volgravian space station. Explore very detailed environments, such as the rocky landscapes of Rhea, underground space stations or even top secret laboratories. Don't miss any clues, take your time, and decipher the secrets that Red Matter holds. Enjoy some of the best graphics in VR with high poly models, high res textures and incredible lighting. Custom made controllers for Vive and Oculus Rift that will make you feel like your holding otherworldly high-tech tools. Different types of locomotion such as teleport, dash or smooth locomotion are included to help you explore the game in the most immersive way possible. Oh! and did we mention puzzles? Good luck Agent! 

Press reviews: “'Red Matter' showcases impressive worldbuilding, a knack for high degree of polish, and an engaging enough story to make this a single sitting game worth at very least three hours of your time. Puzzles aren't terribly difficult, but usually come to a satisfying enough resolution, and always feel necessary to the overall narrative. While the game's commander, a voice over guide, can grated on my nerves, it's an easy defect to ignore in the face of an overall excellent sci-fi thriller adventure.” 8.3 / 10 – Road To VR “It is pretty damn clear by now that I am impressed with this game. When it comes to design, this team nailed the most important aspect of a VR game. It has to feel natural. This goes into every area of game design, from world building, to narrative, all the way to how the player interacts with a button on a desk lamp. Red Matter is a shining example of what making the correct design decisions, for the story your trying to sell, looks like.” 9.6 / 10 – VR the Gamers “All in all, Red Matter is a very high calibre VR experience, neatly weaving its story and puzzle elements together. It by no means perfect, following the line of other puzzles in VR that are seemingly unable to offer plenty of reasons to come back for more. So like a good meal take it slowly and savour the moment.” 8.0 / 10 – VRFocus