Abiotic Factor

Abiotic Factor

Steam Deck Playable

Deep Field Games · Survival · Jul 22, 2025

Yes, worth buying.

At $34.99. It has been as low as $27.99.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
58k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 125 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 102 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 87 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 58k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise25% are divided17% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Good story, fun combat and addictive base building.
125 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
While its progression is linear, the options in crafting and the many more or less hidden paths makes me feel creative when I get through it.
102 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I utterly love the nostalgia in the art style, and I also love that this game doesn’t hold your hand.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
I love the idea, the survival aspect, and the co-op—it’s all perfect.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Sometimes the game will stutter briefly while transitioning between what seems to be area chunks, but this may be due to playing in a multiplayer world.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
You're playing half life, except instead of an FPS its an immersive sim, and instead of Gordon Freeman, you're playing as Isaac Kleiner.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters125 reviews
Gameplay102 reviews
Graphics50 reviews
Co-op33 reviews
Multiplayer27 reviews
Performance13 reviews
Audio11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty25 reviews
88%
Interface25 reviews
88%
Servers and matchmaking6 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat87 reviews
90%
Bugs6 reviews
67%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $34.99. The lowest we've tracked is $27.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $34.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
53
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.