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Gray Matter
After a tragic accident, neurobiologist Dr. David Styles has become a recluse, rarely leaving his home, the Dread Hill House. One day, Samantha Everett, a street magician, appears at Dr. Style's doorstep just as he is seeking a new assistant.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“Gray Matter is an old school point & click adeventure. The puzzles are good designed, not too simple but also not too difficult. They hit a nice sweet spot. The plot is also very interesting, engaging and sometimes a little bit creepy. Give it a try. I can fully recommend to…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Хороший квест! В плюсы можно заметить - нелинейное решение загадок. Сюжет в стиле "Янгадалт": студенты, профессора и мистика. В Минусы конечно же бросается деревянная графика и невыразительная графика. Но задники вполне не плохо оформленны. :)”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Latest official news
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Trading Cards are now live!
Dear Players, I am happy to announce that we now have Steam trading cards for this game! Some of you have already seen this but for those that did not know, now it does! Enjoy this feature that you re
Trading Cards are now live!
Dear Players, I am happy to announce that we now have Steam trading cards for this game! Some of you have already seen this but for those that did not know, now it does! Enjoy this feature that you re
Windows 8 /8.1 - Updated link for the fix
Dear Players, It has come to my attention from another player on here that the link we have provided in order to make the the run on Windows 8 / 8.1 is broken. Please use Microsoft's official link her
Windows 8 /8.1 - Updated link for the fix
Dear Players, It has come to my attention from another player on here that the link we have provided in order to make the the run on Windows 8 / 8.1 is broken. Please use Microsoft's official link her
Announcement on Windows 8 / 8.1 installation issues for Gray Matter
Dear Players, It has come to our attention that during the QA process on Windows 8 / 8.1 for Gray Matter on Steam, the installer was not installing all of the components needed for this game to functi
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual |
| Player tags | Adventure · Point & Click · Female Protagonist · Casual · Mystery · Singleplayer · Story Rich · Great Soundtrack · Puzzle · Magic · Atmospheric · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain * |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 Processor: 1.8 GHz Processor or faster Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0 compatible 256 MB Graphics Card with Shader 2.0 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 6 GB available space