Summary
- Abiotic Factor's early success on Steam reflects the popularity of survival games in 2024.
- The game has earned overwhelmingly positive reviews.
- Despite heavy competition, Abiotic Factor's potential to stand out in the survival genre is promising.
The newly-released early access co-op survival crafting game Abiotic Factor is proving to be a big hit on Steam. Steam and its early access program have been huge for the survival genre, with all kinds of early access survival games finding a great deal of success on the platform. 2024, in particular, has been a big year for early access survival games on Steam, with multiple titles proving to be big hits.
The biggest example of this is Palworld, a game that blends Pokemon-like monster-catching gameplay with survival mechanics found in games like ARK. Enshrouded is another 2024 early access survival game that has been popular on Steam, with previous years offering games like Sons of the Forest, Valheim, and V Rising, the latter of which just released its big 1.0 update. The latest early access survival game that's been turning heads on Steam was released just earlier this month, and if the early user reviews are any indication, it's a must-play for fans of the genre.
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Abiotic Factor was released on Steam early access on May 2. Offering co-op for up to 6 players, Abiotic Factor takes clear inspiration from Half-Life with its setting. The game features scientists working at a secret research facility plagued by dimensional portals. As one might imagine, all kinds of monstrosities come through these portals, and so players have to craft weapons and traps to fight back against them. In typical survival game fashion, players are also encouraged to build a base, cook food, and collect supplies they find on their adventures.
Abiotic Factor Has Overwhelmingly Positive Reviews
On paper, Abiotic Factor sounds like a recipe for success, and in practice, it's already proving to be quite popular with the community. Over 3,000 user reviews have been counted on Steam so far, leaving Abiotic Factor with an impressive "Overwhelmingly Positive" overall rating. If Abiotic Factor is able to keep this up, more Steam users should discover the game and spread the word to their friends, which should in turn help the game's playerbase grow even more.
Something working against Abiotic Factor is heavy competition from other survival games on Steam. As previously mentioned, 2024 has been a particularly big year for the survival game genre, and so fans have plenty of options to choose from. However, Abiotic Factor's Half-Life influences combined with its unique setting could go a long way in helping it stand out from the pack. As new updates are released for the game, it will be exciting to see how Abiotic Factor evolves from early access to its eventual 1.0 release.
- Brand
- Valve
- Original Release Date
- September 12, 2003
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