2026-09-02 00:43 UTC · Community Announcements · Coffee (Playstack)
The Steam PvE Survival Crafting Fest is live now, and to celebrate we've partnered with Pacific Drive to bring you a new paranormal bundle! For a limited time, grab Abiotic Factor and Pacific Drive for an additional 10% off - the discount stacks with the sales already running. Pick up two of the best Survival Crafting games out there for less than the price of one! After you've braved the depths of the GATE Facility, take a scenic and sometimes peaceful drive around the Pacific Northwest - an abandoned research site brimming with supernatural dangers that would make even the most tenured scien
2026-08-05 01:38 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
Happy birthday, esteemed colleagues! As one final post to celebrate our first full year since release - this Peer Review features some birthday themed pieces and some pieces that made us smile during our birthday month. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/f454a956f6bf630489262566118508e60c9f2524.jpg Birthday Krasue by WhimsicalCheetah on Discord {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/eb555c9ff65d6a9e8a0afa63d5c8d6c2ba48792c.png 400 Hours by digitalglitch on Discord {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/c47b9f66cc8af43ef6b11384d9180ebbec8c39b8.png Abiotic Factor by Sabre on Discord {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/5b38e58da5fff
2026-07-27 19:14 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
Greetings, soup savorers! We’ve released a hotfix that addresses a few more issues such as pets tumbling to a permanent demise, base decorating being a little too finicky and a few cooking complications. If you are getting a Fatal Error Crash, uninstall your mods. Mods are often the culprit of crashes, save data issues, or preventing Abiotic Factor from launching at all, especially following an update. While Abiotic Factor does not currently have official mod support, you’re always still free to mod, but use mods at your own risk. We offer no support or protection if you break your game or wor
2026-07-14 23:52 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
Greetings, celebratory scientists! We’ve released a hotfix that addresses a number of issues such as gear breaking when you died and Skinks forgetting they were full of useful goos. If you are getting a Fatal Error Crash, uninstall your mods. Mods are often the culprit of crashes, save data issues, or preventing Abiotic Factor from launching at all, especially following an update. While Abiotic Factor does not currently have official mod support, you’re always still free to mod, but use mods at your own risk. We offer no support or protection if you break your game or world saves with mods. If
2026-07-13 17:47 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
Greetings, esteemed colleagues! It’s been one full orbit since 1.0, and Community Update #4 is here to celebrate a year in our cosmic lab! You’re invited to experiment with dozens of new devices, high-tech gear, exotic pets and a guiding tool, fresh perks, spicy foods, improvements, polish, fixes and much, much more - let’s go! Dev Vlog For scientists who prefer audio-visual summaries, Criss and Tom have assembled a presentation of this update in just 100 words. Happy Birthday, Scientists! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/3b405f8631ad106dad515d0b697be77ea575c2c8.png The science never ceases! It's o
2026-06-07 19:21 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
Greetings, esteemed colleagues! Watch this, then we’ll talk. Explore the GATE Leaf Test Facility! We’re caving in and doing story DLC. Well, beaching in? Actually there might be a cave or two in here. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4687390/Abiotic_Factor__Entropic_Break/ Get into a break, this Q4. But wishlist today! Onward -- to science. Join the Scientific Community! Discord where you can find tips, tricks and other scientists to escape the facility with! Newsletter YouTube where you can watch Abe and Janet’s fascinating hijinks by the watercooler, see our new trailers and listen to our
2026-06-07 19:20 UTC · PC Gamer · Harvey Randall
Abiotic Factor has a special place among the hearts of survival enthusiasts here at PC Gamer. The Half-Life 1-styled survival game received a whopping 92 in our review because, in addition to just being a riot, it was brave enough to ask the question: Wouldn't the horrors of Black Mesa be better with your mates? The answer is a resounding yes. Also, you can wear a couch as armor... Read more.
2026-06-03 20:33 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
Greetings, esteemed colleagues! Chemistry, companions and the cosmos all come together with these marvelous scientific creations! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/91519a51b6c1442bb0c30e1a9d3b4594893fa4e3.jpg Chem Alarm by NoRED on Steam {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/1c7a6ccb9c5ad71cca45557a470610dc6d92c4a3.png Clay Creatures by Joeblaziken- on Reddit {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/bdb8d0c285a452130bf44be9fa97b1d1a3d3c4d6.png For Art Fight by LostAlyx on Reddit {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/cfa8d98a0375a94243ca41ef7140d83baffdd07d.png Hanging With Chester by Sea on Discord {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/952fb
2026-05-12 23:58 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
Hotfix v1.3.0.26036 Changes: Pet & Companion Fixes: Fixed several cases where pets would disappear if they were not set as a companion or in a pet bed. All pets (not just pets equipped as companions) will now enter a Down But Not Out (DBNO) state when taking lethal damage from most sources, whereas previously they would just die. Non-companion pets will bleed out and die permanently as before if they are not revived from DBNO within 30 seconds. All pets now revive from DBNO with 25% of their total health, down from 50%. Fixed an issue where pets couldn’t damage certain types of robots. Preciou
2026-05-09 14:07 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
Greetings, esteemed colleagues! Capture a specimen HERE! It’s the day so many of our scientists have been dreaming of! Though we aren’t sure why, this is actually a pretty catastrophic containment breach. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/817cf9b6d5263431a5867d52fbd400edafdfcbb1.png A slew of IS-0173 have escaped from the facility and undergone certain… mutations. Becoming extra soft and cuddly thanks to Makeship’s evolutionary influence! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/9342dda2542937552de5add58c4658295f8045d4.gif Give yourself the gift of a squidgy little IS-0173 friend, today! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009
2026-05-09 13:00 UTC · PC Gamer · Rick Lane
Abiotic Factor is already a massive game; you could easily spend 80+ hours exploring its sprawling, Black Mesa-ish research facility. But that hasn't stopped developer Deep Field Games further extending the tendrils of its labyrinthine, interdimensional science lab. Last December's "Holiday Cryosphere" update added a giant, living snowglobe that players could frolic festively around, and its latest patch opens up another strange dimension for your expeditious scientists to investigate... Read more.
2026-05-06 06:10 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/6e110cf9aae9480e8e7c1ea54790e532892ac681.png Greetings, Pest tamers! We’ve released a hotfix that addresses a bunch of issues. Please remove your mods before updating as they may cause crashes. If you are experiencing crashes or other issues and have any third-party mods installed (such as those found at NexusMods), please try uninstalling the mods before attempting to run the game again. You may want to completely clear your files and reinstall the game, as there’s been cases where an uninstalled mod still leaves some sneaky files behind. Please update your game an
2026-05-04 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
Greetings, esteemed colleagues! Welcome to the most scientific Abiotic Factor update yet! Prime your science-selves for the all-new chemistry system, new pet companionship, extraordinary pet evolutions, an anomalous Alpen Adventure, new weapons, tools, vehicles, furniture and more. Let’s dive in! Dev Vlog Familiarize yourself with the full dimensions of this update via our rigorously scientific vlog, featuring Zag, Criss and a fresh addition to the Abiotic Factor design team! Voices of the Void Just across the range from Voussoir lay the Dunkeltaler Forest, home of the mysterious Alpen Signal
2026-04-28 02:33 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
Greetings, esteemed colleagues! Once more we gather in pursuit of knowledge, progress, and a glimpse or two of what awaits eager scientists in our imminent update. In this Status Report, we introduce our latest Roadmap, and investigate the ins, outs, ups, downs and dimensionally ambiguous directions of a major new feature: the Chemistry System. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/5d6047d2288da4d460ccd71fa155bd849a9f4f74.png Updated Roadmap! Those valued researchers who closely monitor our Roadmap will discover that a new Community Update has materialized. Diligent observers will also note that some of
2026-03-30 05:29 UTC · Community Announcements · CrissCrossGal
Greetings, esteemed colleagues! A new Peer Review is here! This time highlighting the lankiest IS there is (that we know of). Let’s venture into the fog, together! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/fb97ac46c39d79d13a5094b0a6780412ffcc83f6.png Composer by Coko on Steam {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/9b93f364774dbf00482c744c7649cc2779a11d38.jpg Chibi Composer by AscentToHecc on Reddit {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/c51cc0637febba14e9946a2d330255f9c80a9d31.jpg Composer by GOpencyprep on Reddit {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/a6d7c23352410d89437db4962509899c8f96aa2b.png Guy by AndieBirdjesus on Discord {STEAM_CLA
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