Steam app 427410 · updated 11 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
30 months, May 2024 to October 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
14 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
30 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 343 hourly samples from 16 Sep, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
16 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 374 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Abiotic Factor contains violence and general mature content.
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50 developer announcements, May 2025 to Sep 2026 · times in UTC
Greetings, esteemed colleagues! With great excitement, we’re sharing insights into our latest inventions and discoveries! The science team has been experimenting boldly, with an eerie pet emerging from the fog, a new quest system taking…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! As always, we want to keep you in the loop as our work continues and our plans take shape. We know how much our upcoming Entropic Break release means to the scientific community, and we really appreciate…
HecknbeesGreetings, esteemed colleagues! Welcome to Peer Review #20. Today, we’re honoring our fellow scientists keeping this facility intact and the rest of us sane... but in art form!…
HecknbeesThe 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…
Coffee (Playstack)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.…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, 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…
Patch notesGreetings, 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…
Patch notesGreetings, 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…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, 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.…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, 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…
CrissCrossGalHotfix 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)…
Patch notesGreetings, 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.…
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…
Patch notesGreetings, 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…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, 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…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, 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…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! We convene again under the umbrella of science to peer boldly into the cosmos at upcoming discoveries and wonders… also known as a Status Report. New Roadmap Coming Soon! Ripping the bandage off at the start…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! Valentine's Day has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use this Peer Review to celebrate one of our top three healthiest relationships. Yes, she’s a bit frigid but that’s just part of the charm.…
CrissCrossGalHappy Lunar New Year, esteemed colleagues! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/9e19b4734523527b1358faa379b257a75af56fd7.png It's also the year of the horse now! So to celebrate, we had one of our Epimedical Bionomicists ride a peccary like a noble…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! New year, new Abiotic Factor! Well, new systems in the works, anyway. But we’ll talk about those in another post. For now, fan art! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/d05303f5cc8de91f604e50e8af36a41c02df80fa.png Abe…
CrissCrossGalSeason’s greetings, esteemed colleagues! This is it! The final fan art Friday, if you would, of the year. You would? Much appreciated. And we’re ending it with a bang! We're doing creations made by our scientists and for our scientists in…
CrissCrossGal{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/6e110cf9aae9480e8e7c1ea54790e532892ac681.png Greetings Shoe-Hunters! Here’s a hotfix for a stocking-full of issues introduced in Holiday Cryosphere. Please remove your mods before updating as they may cause…
Patch notesSeasons greetings, esteemed colleagues! Come, gather round the fire and put some coffee in that coffee hole. Let’s get cozy as we wander into the magical world of Abiotic Factor’s winter update! Fireplace Dev Vlog Firstly, the shortest ever…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! Well done to all the Somatic Gastrologists who successfully put their fellow scientists into food comas last week! So much so that we overslept a little on this Peer Review, where we would like to thank all…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues!You and your peers have survived through trials and tribulations! You have invented, collaborated and brain-synced together. Can such scientific endeavors ever be adequately celebrated? Maybe in the form of a…
Coffee (Playstack)Greetings, esteemed colleagues! Time for Community Update #3! We’ve just dropped a new update that focuses on community feedback, new difficulty modes for the truly hardcore, some craftable exercise equipment, and MORE! First, a vlog from…
ZagGreetings, esteemed colleagues! 🎃 Science in general can be pretty scary. Chemistry? Horrifying. Physics? Don’t even get us started. All that aside, this October Peer Review is for scientific creations which fit a more classic spooky vibe.…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! We’ve put together a vlog detailing some of the roadmap, talking about our future plans, and more! ROADMAP UPDATE {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/c8e49c02d0821f466bb35fc03e22a8d4118ab044.png This is a living…
CrissCrossGal🕹️We've Been Nominated! Greetings, award winning scientists! Abiotic Factor has been nominated for both “Best Indie Game” and “PC Game of the Year” at the Golden Joystick Awards 2025!…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! This Peer Review is for our creative chemists, scientific technicians working with their hands! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/cd1a03befabb1f5479d363adb8ac8b4c714532cd.png Snow Pest by HRNGH on Discord…
CrissCrossGal{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/6e110cf9aae9480e8e7c1ea54790e532892ac681.png Greetings, scientist! This hotfix is an update to our networking systems backend for stability and shouldn't affect gameplay in any noticeable way. Please remove your…
Patch notesGreetings, esteemed colleagues! We have a very scientific survey for you, because we know how much scientists love surveys. Especially when they’re about the future of Abiotic Factor! If you’ve got any opinions on what you’d like to see out…
CrissCrossGal{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/6e110cf9aae9480e8e7c1ea54790e532892ac681.png Greetings, scientific geniuses! Today we're putting out another small hotfix which addresses two specific issues with enemy behavior. Please remove your mods before…
Patch notesGreetings, esteemed colleagues! Today is a day to celebrate the rats. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/35b0c2e50fcb8e1eff56b370b68cab76a1a9354a.jpg Lab Rattt by Sijjy.jpeg on Discord…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! By Einstein’s tongue! 1.42 by the time we finished writing that title. To celebrate our launch into 1.0, and how amazing our scientific community has become over the last year, we’ve gotten Abiotic Factor…
CrissCrossGal{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/6e110cf9aae9480e8e7c1ea54790e532892ac681.png Greetings, greatest minds of our time! Today we’re dropping a smaller hotfix, mainly focused on some fixes for PlayStation 5 saving issues and other optimizations.…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/6e110cf9aae9480e8e7c1ea54790e532892ac681.png Greetings Eggheads! We’ve dropped another (larger, colder) hotfix with a bunch of improvements and fixes on top of our 1.0 release. This hotfix is currently planned to…
Patch notesGreetings, esteemed colleagues! Thank you to our artistic scientists, both new and old, for an amazing first couple of weeks in the 1.0 facility! This Peer Review is to celebrate all of our scientists, solo and squaded up, off on their…
CrissCrossGal{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/6e110cf9aae9480e8e7c1ea54790e532892ac681.png Greetings, laser-addicts!! Whoops, we maybe broke some stuff in our last fix, but don’t worry, we just fixed those things. Here, have a Hotfix 2.1, or whatever. We…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/6e110cf9aae9480e8e7c1ea54790e532892ac681.png Greetings, rat-wranglers!! We’re hard at work on fixes, tweaks, and other feedback we’ve received from the scientific community (on all three platforms!) since our…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/6e110cf9aae9480e8e7c1ea54790e532892ac681.png Greetings, scientists new and old! We’re taking in a lot of feedback as everyone floods into the 1.0 version of Abiotic Factor. We’ve started by tackling a few of the…
Patch notesGreetings, esteemed colleagues! The day of science has finally come!! Abiotic Factor is now 1.0! This post is for the new members of the Research Division who are joining us as fresh faced interns, eager to learn the ropes. And we are…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! Warning; This post and vlog contain SPOILERS for new content! This is the post where we’re really getting into Cold Fusion features specifically, so if you want to go in completely blind and discover things…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! As 1.0 looms near, we know some scientists are probably in various scenarios in terms of where they’ve progressed in the story of Abiotic Factor. Therefore, we’re providing you with something of a guide to…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! 1.0 approaches, like a charging Peccary. And as such we’d like to take a moment to answer some of the most frequently asked questions we’ve been getting about how this will affect our existing world saves.…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! Abiotic Factor will be launching into 1.0 on July 22nd, 10:00 AM PST! In case you weren’t yet aware of that, here’s our latest trailer which backs this up. Useful Time Zone Map…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! I detect a distinct abundance of snacks contained in this Peer Review… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43009981/4db47c5014f1d429fee02bb5cdd2972e8f507d3e.jpg No Soup Is Bad Soup by Jukeboxery on Discord…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! Abiotic Factor’s 1.0 release is coming to Steam, PlayStation 5 (PlayStation Plus Game Catalog) and Xbox Series X and S (Xbox Game Pass) on July 22nd! Official GATE Merchandise Coming Soon Because you, in our…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! So long as time remains linear (we have it on good authority that it shall), we are inching ever closer to the Cold Fusion (1.0) release of Abiotic Factor where we answer (or ask) even more questions about…
CrissCrossGalGreetings, esteemed colleagues! No two scientists are exactly the same, just as no two days in the Facility are exactly the same! If you want a truly personalized experience in the GATE Cascade Research Facility, Sandbox Settings can help…
CrissCrossGalEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| Abiotic Factor - Temple of Stone | Windows | 03 Nov 2025 |
| Abiotic Factor - Supporter's Pack | Windows | 22 Jul 2025 |
| Abiotic Factor - Entropic Break | Windows | no date |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | AbioticFactor.exe | windows 64 | ||
| Abiotic Factor (DX11 for Lower-End PCs) | AbioticFactor.exe | -dx11 | windows 64 |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
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WinAppDataLocal | AbioticFactor/Saved/SaveGames/{64BitSteamID}/Worlds/ | *.sav and below |
WinAppDataLocal | AbioticFactor/Saved/SaveGames/{64BitSteamID}/Worlds/ | *.ini and below |
WinAppDataLocal | AbioticFactor/Saved/SaveGames/{64BitSteamID}/ | *.sav |
WinAppDataLocal | AbioticFactor/Saved/SaveGames/{64BitSteamID}/ | *.ini |
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