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Abiotic Factor

A co-op survival game in which scientists trapped in an underground facility after an experiment goes wrong must craft, cook and hide from what came through, released into early access in May 2024 and immediately called 'Half-Life as a survival game' by everyone, including its developers. The record notes that a four-person survival game about being a physicist sold half a million copies in its first month.

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Deep Field Games, Steam early access May 2024; full release July 2025
Life & death · 2023–2029
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PEAK 2024
BORN · May 2024
NOW · 2026

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Definition @slop_inspector · Coroner 27 Sep 2025

The record notes that the facility, GATE, is Black Mesa in all but name and that the players are the scientists Gordon Freeman ignored, which is a pitch the internet was waiting for.

Memory @quiet_luxury_q · Lurker 22 Jul 2025

I remember hiding from a security drone in an office, a friend eating a whole sandwich in the vent above me, and the drone leaving, and nobody being sure why.

Sighting @stan_twitter_stu · Poster 14 Aug 2024

A Steam review in May 2024 reading 'you play as the guy in the lab coat who dies in the intro, and you can cook soup', with 20,000 helpful votes.

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