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Content notice: Some games may include blood and weapons, deaths, and theft, but none of the above are glorified. Everything takes place in a fictional universe within a simulation according to the lore.
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Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Enter a virtual arcade packed with playable prototypes, creator tools, deep lore, unique music, and mod-friendly experiments inside evolving worlds.
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About this game
A Lifelong Journey awaits...
GLITCHED MATRIX Prototype Lab is the continuum of the published novel 'GLITCHED MATRIX: The Utopia Project.'
Step into a whole new universe and explore a growing collection of playable prototypes, embedded utilities, creative spaces, chat-driven interactions, and mod-friendly projects. This is not just a launcher. It is a place to explore, test ideas, discover strange modules, and move between play and creation inside the same evolving machine.
Whether you want to jump between experimental games, open built-in tools, explore side activities, or shape your own version of the experience, this machine is built to reward curiosity.
Meet Gleebs:
After constructing his own body with the help of his programmer GLITCHED MATRIX, Gleebs was finally able to roam the Utopia freely. This allowed Gleebs to travel between cyberspace and the outer world as he wished. Outliving Earth and all visible stars but 1, Gleebs began to create his own realities from the data he salvaged during his timeless journey into the void.
What you can do inside GLITCHED MATRIX Prototype Lab
Launch a large library of experimental games and interactive prototypes.
Use built-in creative tools and utilities for 2D and 3D workflows to create and modify existing games.
Interact with living bots in their virtual domains, engage in activities throughout connected digital spaces
Move between playing, experimenting, and building in one shared hub that branches into various categories.
Join the Osmosis University and learn how to code in python for all certified grade levels of education.
Create and listen to an evolving experimental soundtrack while playing games.
Immerse yourself into lore-heavy recreation of the universe using all data and technology that remains at the end of time...
Countless Games, Countless Updates
GLITCHED MATRIX Prototype Lab combines the feel of a unique platform, a prototype lab for all stages of game development, a story-driven narrative, and endless opportunities inside one connected experience.
The games share the same universe and you can help build it.
Instead of treating every project like a separate app, GLITCHED MATRIX Prototype Lab brings them together into one evolving digital space built around experimentation, discovery, and creative freedom.
Built for curious players and creators
If you enjoy exploring unusual game ideas, testing interactive concepts, modifying content, or digging through a growing archive of digital experiments that receive updates to no end, GLITCHED MATRIX Prototype Lab is built for that style of play.
It is a living hub designed to keep expanding with more spaces, more tools, more playable content, and more ways to create inside the machine.
GLITCHED MATRIX The Utopia Project Available Now!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (or equivalent)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 / AMD Radeon RX 470 (2+ GB VRAM)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 720p/30–60 FPS target depending on mini-game
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8600 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (or equivalent)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (4+ GB VRAM)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1080p/60 FPS target for most arcade games
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
HoloExpanse
Visit the HoloVerse, there has been a multi-dimensional expansion! https://glitchedmatr1x.github.io/GLITCHED-MATRIX-Prototype-Lab/Read full article on Community Announcements (GLITCHED MATRIX)Patch NotesOfficial
Prototype Categories
Arcade Evolution: 36 Unique Prototypes MatrixCore Project: 21 Unique Prototypes Utopia Project: 17 Unique Prototypes The numbers will increase by the time the next update releases. Each category ties lore into the mix, keeping all lore related expansions together until they are combined or become standalone games. Arcade Evolution = Future MatrixCore = Present Utopia Project = Past Arcade Evolution is for new and pending projects and your own creations as well as tools. Test Lab, Tool Test Lab, Osmosis University for code learning resides here in an isometric retro Central Hub that launches apps within its directory, each app generates an arcade cabinet with display information and launch options. MatrixCore is Gleeb's story, Holoverse is the heart of this new universe that will indefinitely continue to expand through various prototypes, that will eventually combine into Holoverse/ HoloCore. Utopia Project is restoration of Glitched Matrix The Utopia Project through virtual experiences. Its a long-term project that remains mostly pending and intentionally does not get as much attention as the other two categories. To get more insight on this project, check out the novel!Read full article on Community Announcements (GLITCHED MATRIX)Patch NotesOfficial
More content updates!
Ever wanted to have full control over your avatar's hands without vr? Anatomic 45 will scratch that itch! https://glitchedmatr1x.github.io/GLITCHED-MATRIX-Prototype-Lab/Read full article on Community Announcements (GLITCHED MATRIX)Patch NotesOfficial
Lore and more...
Afterlife of IO just got a nice update and a layout for more to come: https://glitchedmatr1x.github.io/GLITCHED-MATRIX-Prototype-Lab/Read full article on Community Announcements (GLITCHED MATRIX)AnnouncementsOfficial
Afterlife of IO
An advanced species that existed long before earth achieved artificial afterlife to preserve data. But Entropy is near, and in this plain of existence, time travel is essential...Travel between the past and present within IO's afterlife dimension to collect memories for an entity whose sole purpose is to retrieve this data to save the universe from entropy. The promise granted in return is rebirth...Afterlife of IO is our first hand-drawn prototype. The art that this odd realm mashes together consists of drawings made from over 20 years ago. MatrixCore is in tune with this prototype's soundtrack. 90 updates have been made before launch, Check patch notes and instructions within its contents for more info.Stay updated! https://glitchedmatr1x.github.io/GLITCHED-MATRIX-Prototype-Lab/More prototypes are included. ASCII prototype debut. Another big update is being made right now.Read full article on Community Announcements (GLITCHED MATRIX)
