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Released Sep 15, 2026

Active Matter

2026 · M · Shooter, Simulator
Gaijin Entertainment · PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Linux

You’re an operative stuck in a time loop, always brought back from the dead to the same point. Choose your loadout and enter quantum unstable zones rich with active matter — a substance capable of warping and ripping the very fabric of space and time. Fight against rivals from other timelines, survive physics-breaking anomalies and try to stay alive. Harvest active matter, gather loot and extract to a safe place before the whole zone ceases to exist with everything inside it.

Real Score
72
Well liked
from 2,147 reactions
very high confidence
66% positive12% mixed22% negative
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What people are saying

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The Real Review

Active Matter is mostly worth it. Gaijin Entertainment's time loop extraction shooter has the good stuff: PvE runs, gunplay, anomalies, maps, story, and graphics all land well for people who talked about it. The rough parts are performance, difficulty, value, and a UI that got slammed, plus PvP and AI feel weaker than the PvE side. If you want a Stalker and Tarkov flavored zone shooter about harvesting active matter and extracting before the zone collapses, it works best when you lean into PvE and can tolerate the jank.

Synthesized from 2,147 real reactions · very high confidenceGraphicsStoryGameplayMultiplayerValuePerformanceDifficulty

Hype vs reality

Before release, then after.

74Pre-release
→
72Audience
-2
050100

From 271 pre-release reactions, locked on Sep 15, 2026. The audience score is built only from reactions since.

BeforeWell liked271 reactions
AfterWell liked2,147 reactions

Sentiment split

Every qualifying reaction, weighted.

66%positive
  • Positive66%
  • Mixed12%
  • Negative22%

By aspect

What people scored, piece by piece.

graphics85
story82
gameplay80
multiplayer69
value62
difficulty54
performance53

How opinion moved

The Real Score, night by night.

707274Oct 3579117272

Buzz

898 reactions over two weeks, counted by the day they were posted.

050100Sep 28: 87 reactionsSep 28Sep 29: 75 reactionsSep 30: 84 reactions30Oct 1: 69 reactionsOct 2: 60 reactions2Oct 3: 57 reactionsOct 4: 96 reactions4Oct 5: 68 reactionsOct 6: 52 reactions6Oct 7: 38 reactionsOct 8: 36 reactions8Oct 9: 92 reactionsOct 10: 77 reactions10Oct 11: 7 reactions11

Where the signal came from

Volume and platform mix only.

Steam1,988
Social Media159

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Names and topics that came up

Mentions across all reactions, with the share that were positive. Anything mentioned fewer than twice never shapes the review.

Gaijin Entertainmentdeveloper290×57%+
PvEfeature121×92%+
PvPfeature97×64%+
PvE modefeature89×94%+
UIfeature64×5%+
gunplayfeature55×80%+
Tarkovfeature43×63%+
active matterfeature43×67%+
anomaliesfeature36×89%+
mapsfeature34×88%+
Stalkerfeature34×79%+
AIfeature32×22%+
extraction shooterfeature29×79%+
Gaijindeveloper28×61%+
devsdeveloper27×70%+

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