In conjunction with the Steam Next Fest, Steam Next Fest, Gaijin Entertainment and Matter Team have released a new playable demo of Active Matter, offering players a refreshed taste of the PvPvE shooter that aims to blend cooperative raids, competitive battles and sci-fi survival into a single game ecosystem. The demo lets you try the main PvPvE and PvP modes, including monsters and anomalies introduced with the recent and important Fire Walk update Fire Walk, significantly expanding the tactical threats and opportunities on the battlefield.
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Set in a fractured and unstable multiverse, Active Matter sends players into some of the game’s most dangerous areas. In the Steam Next Fest demo, players can face selected raids on the secret Soviet island of Dalniy and the African Quarantine Zone Steam Next Fest is in fact possible to face raid selected on the secret Soviet island of Dalniy and the African Quarantine Zone, two environments packed with lethal anomalies, aggressive creatures and high-value loot contested by operatives from different realities.
In addition to the co-op experience, the demo also introduces team battles for control of the Nexus, a competitive mode that pits players against each other in high-intensity confrontations where coordination and resource management become essential for victory.
Active Matter will enter Early Access on Steam Steam in the first half of 2026, while a preliminary version of the game is already available via Gaijin.Net and continues to evolve thanks to community feedback. In the meantime, players can add the title to their wishlist and try out this new iteration for free during the Steam Next Fest.
