Red Matter (video game)

Red Matter
Developer(s)Vertical Robot
Publisher(s)
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Designer(s)Tatiana Delgado, Manuel Fernández-Truchaud
Programmer(s)Iñaki Hernández
Artist(s)Pedro Pablo Fernández Moya, Norman Schaar, Mario Garcia, Alfredo Gutiérrez
Composer(s)Eduardo de la Iglesia
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform(s)HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation VR
ReleaseOculus Rift
May 24, 2018
HTC Vive
November 10, 2018
PlayStation VR
December 10, 2018
Oculus Quest
August 15, 2019
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

Red Matter is a 2018 sci-fi virtual reality game developed and published by Spanish studio Vertical Robot. The player plays as Agent Epsilon, who crash lands on one of Saturn's moons, Rhea, and goes to explore a nearby military base belonging to the fictional People's Republic of Volgravia. The game received positive reviews from critics, who praised the atmosphere of the environments, but criticized some of the puzzles as being confusing. Red Matter released on May 24, 2018 for Oculus Rift, with versions for the HTC Vive, Oculus Quest, and PlayStation VR launching in November 2018, December 2018, and August 2019, respectively. A sequel, Red Matter 2, was released for Steam VR and Meta Quest 2 on 18 August 2022 and for Playstation VR2 on 18 May 2023.