You’re an operative stuck in a time loop, always brought back from the dead to the same point. Choose your loadout and enter quantum unstable zones rich with active matter — a substance capable of warping and ripping the very fabric of space and time. Fight against rivals from other timelines, survive physics-breaking anomalies and try to stay alive. Harvest active matter, gather loot and extract to a safe place before the whole zone ceases to exist with everything inside it.
Best gaming PC for Active Matter in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Active Matter today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Gaijin Entertainment on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 / 11 (64bit) | Windows 10 / 11 (64bit) |
| CPU | Core i5-6600 / Ryzen 3 1300X | Core i5-8700 / Ryzen 5 3600 |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | GTX 1050 Ti / RX 470 / ARC A580 | RTX 2060 / RX 5700 XT / ARC A770 |
| Storage | 45 GB | 45 GB |
| DirectX | — | — |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Active Matter?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Core i5-8700 / Ryzen 5 3600 and your GPU is at or above RTX 2060 / RX 5700 XT / ARC A770, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.