Games like Red Matter
If Red Matter is your kind of game, the closest matches are Red Matter 2, Prisoner 518 and I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its puzzles reward observant players, sound design enhances immersion and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Red Matter: Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
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Red Matter 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Top pick for Red Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.
Prisoner 518
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Second-strongest match for Red Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
It's 2049, deep space, on a corporate-run prison. An explosion within not only sets you free, but it also sets rolling a series of events that changes everything.
I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar
WHY THIS
Shares environmental puzzle solving and an immersive mood with Red Matter.
Third-strongest match for Red Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Red Matter.
Become an elite super spy ready for espionage, explosives, and gadgets galore. This popular escape-the-room VR franchise is back with more ingenious puzzles, cunning villains, and dangerous locales.
Robinson: The Journey
WHY THIS
Shares environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Ranked #4 for Red Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Red Matter.
When the Esmeralda crashes on Tyson III, Robin is left stranded. He must rely on his wits – and HIGS, an AI unit from the ship – to survive. As he searches for the lost crew and comes face-to-face with dinosaurs, Robin discovers that Tyson III is not the paradise once promised.
FORM
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Ranked #5 for Red Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
Riven
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Ranked #6 for Red Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
The Solus Project
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Ranked #7 for Red Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
Obduction
WHY THIS
Shares environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Ranked #8 for Red Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
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Narcosis
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Reviewers of Red Matter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
The Assembly
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Reviewers of Red Matter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
Half-Life: Alyx
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Reviewers of Red Matter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Red Matter.
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
The Station
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Reviewers of Red Matter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
The Rig: A Starmap to Murder
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Red Matter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
THE RIG is an immersive, story-driven, space-noir ADVENTURE GAME developed exclusively for VR. Explore a fully-interactive light freighter as you attempt to land, find your brother, and uncover a tightly-woven mystery of murder and broken romance.
The Room VR: A Dark Matter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Reviewers of Red Matter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Red Matter.
The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.
Prisoner 518
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Reviewers of Red Matter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
It's 2049, deep space, on a corporate-run prison. An explosion within not only sets you free, but it also sets rolling a series of events that changes everything.
Genotype
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Red Matter.
Reviewers of Red Matter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Red Matter.
Your weapons are alive! Print creatures and use them as weapons and tools as you explore this Metroidvania FPS adventure. Morph yourself tiny, upgrade, and locate collectibles to advance to the next boss. Explore large non-linear maps and explore an environment woven together with a complex story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Red Matter at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Red Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Red Matter.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Red Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Red Matter.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Red Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Red Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Red Matter.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Red Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Red Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Red Matter.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Red Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Red Matter.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Red Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Red Matter.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Red Matter.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Red Matter.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Red Matter.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Frequently asked about Red Matter
- Does Red Matter work on Steam Deck?
- Red Matter is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Red Matter cost?
- Red Matter is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Red Matter?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Red Matter are Red Matter 2, Prisoner 518, I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar.
- Who developed Red Matter?
- Red Matter was developed by Vertical Robot.
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