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Enter quantum-unstable zones, fight monsters and rival operatives, secure Active Matter, and extract before reality collapses. Learn raids, loadouts, anomalies, Shelter progression, and cross-platform systems.

  • Released Sep 15, 2026
  • Patch 0.4.0.93
  • 67% Positive on Steam
  • 38 Steam Achievements
  • 2–3 Player Co-op
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    Active Matter Beginner Guide: Master the Multiverse Today

    Master the multiverse with our Active Matter beginner guide. Learn about Monolith progression, gear management, and survival tips for this extraction shooter.

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    Active Matter How to Play: Ultimate Beginner Guide

    Learn active matter how to play with this ultimate beginner guide. Master extraction raids, weapon replication, monster survival, and progression tips today.

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    Active Matter What to Loot: Ultimate Guide to Profits

    Discover active matter what to loot with our expert guide. Maximize your chronotraces, credits, and slot efficiency in Gaijin's extraction shooter.

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    Active Matter Money Farming Guide: Best Credit Farm Routes

    Master active matter money farming with our comprehensive guide. Discover the best loot routes, replicator tips, and mission strategies to stay rich in-game.

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What is Active Matter?

Active Matter is a hardcore first-person extraction shooter set in a fractured multiverse. Operatives enter quantum-unstable zones to gather loot and Active Matter while fighting monsters, anomalies, and rival players.

Progression continues through your Shelter, arsenal, Replicator, contracts, Harmonization Cycles, and Syndicate-related systems. The game supports PvE, PvPvE, dedicated PvP, co-op squads, cross-platform play, and shared progression across supported platforms.

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Active Matter operatives approaching an overgrown greenhouse dome raid location
  • Developer
    Matter Team
  • Platform
    PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
  • Genre
    Extraction Shooter
  • Release Date
    September 15, 2026
  • Steam Reviews
    67% Positive from 273 Reviews
  • Achievements
    38 Steam Achievements
  • Online Multiplayer
    2–16 Players

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Guides

Step-by-step Active Matter guides for new operatives, loot routes, money farming, perks, vehicles, and progression systems.

Game Modes

PvE, PvPvE, and PvP raid formats, squad sizes, solo play, and how Unstable Zone and Nexus Battles change a run.

Maps & Locations

Raid locations, key spots, loot routes, and interactive map references for the zones you deploy into.

Quests & Investigations

Investigation walkthroughs, quest objectives, and the steps that block early progression.

Gear & Weapons

Weapons, body sleeves, night vision, Replicator slots, and synthesis recipes for building a working loadout.

Enemies & Anomalies

Learn how Active Matter anomalies, monsters, mimics, and alpha variants behave and how to survive each threat.

Platforms & Tech

Where the game is available, what it costs, crossplay and shared progression, system requirements, and common technical fixes.

Community

Player numbers, community channels, reviews, server status, Twitch drops, and update news.

Active Matter Beginner Guide

Learn the core Active Matter gameplay loop from preparing a loadout to completing your first successful extraction. This guide covers loot, Active Matter, hostile operatives, anomalies, and what to do after returning to the Shelter.

  1. 1

    Choose your loadout at the Shelter before entering a quantum-unstable zone.

  2. 2

    Search the raid for weapons, valuable loot, Active Matter, and objective items.

  3. 3

    Survive hostile operatives, monsters, and physics-breaking anomalies while completing raid objectives.

  4. 4

    Reach an extraction point before the unstable zone collapses, then use recovered resources to improve your arsenal and progression.

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Active Matter Raids and Extraction

Understand how Active Matter raids work, including PvE, PvPvE, Open and Isolated raid formats. Learn how raid objectives, extraction requirements, loot risk, squads, and changing zones affect every deployment.

  1. 1

    Select a raid and review its objectives, location, and required preparations before deployment.

  2. 2

    Enter solo or with a small squad and search the unstable zone for Active Matter, equipment, and valuable loot.

  3. 3

    Complete raid objectives while dealing with monsters and, in PvPvE environments, rival operatives.

  4. 4

    Extract successfully to keep recovered loot; the raid interface marks objectives and extraction-related requirements on the map.

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Active Matter Weapons

Browse Active Matter firearms, melee weapons, modifications, ammunition, and acquisition systems. The arsenal is based on real-world military technology, with weapons obtained through raids, Investigations, the Monolith, shops, and replication.

  • RSh-12

    A handgun added with the 250 Shades of Liberty update and tied to Harmonization progression.

  • SCAR-H

    An assault rifle added with the 250 Shades of Liberty update as a Harmonization unlock.

  • M14

    An assault rifle introduced in the 250 Shades of Liberty weapon expansion.

  • DP-12

    A shotgun introduced as a Harmonization-linked weapon in the 250 Shades of Liberty update.

  • M39 EMR

    A semi-automatic rifle added with Harmonization progression and supported by new weapon modifications.

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Active Matter Maps and Locations

Explore raid locations scattered across fragments of Eastern Europe, Africa, North America, and other fractured realities. Each area has different environments, loot opportunities, enemies, objectives, and anomaly hazards.

  • Downtown

    A North American urban raid zone with ruined skyscrapers, streets, vehicles, Police and SWAT enemies, plus Unstable Zone and Collapse variants.

  • Airport

    An African raid location featuring military-gear hangars and an aircraft suspended inside a gravity anomaly.

  • Dalniy Island

    A recurring raid region with valuable loot areas, multiple raid variants, and monster encounters.

  • Gigastructure

    A dedicated raid environment introduced through the Gigastructure content update and used for specialized encounters and objectives.

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Active Matter Anomalies and Monsters

Identify the anomalies and hostile entities that make Active Matter raids unpredictable. Learn which threats alter space, gravity, movement, or combat and which creatures require special positioning or tactics.

  • Ball Lightning

    A dangerous electrical anomaly that appears in the Multiverse and received an added trailing discharge effect in the 250 Shades of Liberty update.

  • Fireball

    A destructive anomaly introduced in the Fire Walk update and later included among anomalies that can be targeted by capture objectives.

  • Mimic

    A hostile creature capable of possessing or imitating objects, creating threats that can blend into raid environments.

  • Distorted

    A monster type found in raid locations whose awareness and wake-up behavior has been specifically adjusted in recent updates.

  • Flowermen

    Hostile creatures with African and American biome variants, including Alpha miniboss variants, lure-bushes, and roots.

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Active Matter Progression Guide

Understand Monolith Access Levels, Harmonization Cycles, Merits, and the systems that control long-term equipment unlocks. Progression combines raid objectives with recurring Harmonization rewards and Monolith advancement.

  1. 1

    Increase your Monolith Access Level to unlock progression rewards and additional equipment opportunities.

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    During an active Harmonization Cycle, earn Merits from daily Priority Raid objectives and Monolith Access Levels.

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    Spend Merits on Harmonization rewards, including eligible rewards from previous Cycles.

  4. 4

    Past-cycle rewards can also use Crystallized Active Matter where the Harmonization system allows it.

Monolith tokens guide

Active Matter Shelter and Crafting

Learn how the Shelter, Workshop, Replicator, Refiner, fusion, and item replication systems work together. These systems let you turn raid finds and resources into equipment while organizing and upgrading your base between deployments.

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    Extract items from raids to unlock or advance equipment-related crafting and replication options.

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    Use the Workshop, which groups the Replicator and Refinement systems into a shared Shelter interface.

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    Replication blueprints use chronotraces and have replication limits that can be restored with resources.

  4. 4

    Use fusion, refining, repairs, and Shelter inventory management to prepare equipment for future raids.

Crafting and recipes

Active Matter Crossplay and Platforms

Check where Active Matter is available and how its cross-platform systems work. The full release supports PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with game progress shared across supported platforms.

  • Steam

    Active Matter launched on Steam for PC on September 15, 2026.

  • Gaijin.Net

    The PC version is also available directly through the official Gaijin platform.

  • PlayStation 5

    Active Matter launched on PlayStation 5 on September 15, 2026.

  • Xbox Series X|S

    Active Matter launched on Xbox Series X|S on September 15, 2026.

  • Shared Progression

    The official website states that game progress is shared across supported platforms.

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Ready to Master Active Matter?

From your first raid and budget loadout to anomalies, late-game progression, crossplay, and high-risk extractions, this community wiki is built to help you survive the Multiverse.

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