Red Matter 2

Buy92%

Very Positive · 706 player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

Vertical Robot · Adventure · Aug 18, 2022

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
24
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio2 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy Red Matter 2?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 142 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 119 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 84 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 60 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 706 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
73% of themes are praise9% are divided18% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
142 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
They did a good job allowing you to build a connection with the characters which makes the story feel more significant and personal.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
119 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's a very enjoyable storytelling game with some interesting puzzles, great graphics with perfect optimization, constant 90 FPS without any drops on the highest settings with Ryzen 5800X and RTX 3080 12GB, and with a lot of room to spare (according to fpsVR graphs).
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
84 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The environments continued to impress throughout the game and had a good sense of exploration, even though its completely linear.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The sound design in general is pretty good but a few physics objects are missing impact sounds.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Puzzles are neither too easy nor are they too hard ,so well balanced difficulty-wise
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I started with an insane Index res 500% with the RTX 3090 - and I got nice 90 fps.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story142 reviews
Graphics119 reviews
Gameplay84 reviews
Audio25 reviews
Difficulty22 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Optimization7 reviews
Controls6 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
100% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
88% still recommend
Interface
100% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Tracked Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • VR Only

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
Steam FrameVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $15.89.

7 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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