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Half Lifey survival game Abiotic Factor is out now in early accessFreemanagement sim
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On the one hand, you’ve got to deal with interdimensional horrors of various flavours, such as multiple-storey cryptids and squishy skinless wolves; on the other, invading squads of Combiney soldiers. Fortunately, you’ve got a big fat Ivy League brain stuffed with knowledge of killer gadgets, base construction, subterranean farming and battlefield medicine. My increasing phobia for survival games notwithstanding, I think this looks and sounds like a hoot - and it’s out now in early access. Here’s the launch trailer.
Abiotic Factor — Early Access Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
Abiotic Factor — Early Access Launch Trailer
There’s a Crush Depth update coming in the summer which will introduce the security and hydroplant sectors, a “full laser system”, jetpacks, teleporters and the unromantic but doubtless invaluable autosalvager. In autumn, we can expect a Dark Energy update which adds the reactor sector, hardlight technology for gossamer-thin bridges, “the gatekeepers” and various [redacted] things or places.
The developers plan to release the 1.0 version this winter, with a “chilling final chapter”. They caution that everything is subject to change, and that “there will be some small and medium-sized updates in between these major roadmap updates”.
Abiotic Factor is currently20% off on Steam. Not really up for another survival sim, but newly afflicted with Half Life nostalgia? You might prefer to read Jeremy’sinterview with former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw about designing and writing Black Mesa.
