Atomic Heart
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ActionAdventureRPGSexual ContentFPSSingleplayerOpen WorldAction-Adventure

1,565 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 3,270

Peak in the last 7 days: 4,370

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Game description

In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission. If you want to reach the truth, you'll have to pay in blood.

Basic info

DeveloperMundfish
PublisherFocus Entertainment, 4Divinity, Mundfish
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateFeb 20, 2023
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 (20H1 version or newer, 64-bit versions)
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 3 1200 or Intel Core i5-2500
Memory8 GB
Graphics4 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon R9 380 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Storage90 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 431 reviews from the past 1 year

74.0/ 100
Bottom 40%

Steam rating: Very Positive (81%)

Metacritic: 76 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 12, 2026)

Look, scale and atmosphere win praise for Atomic Heart in 127 reviews, some noting the Soviet retro future setting. It holds 74.0 from 59,354 Steam reviews.

👍 Strengths

Visuals & Sound ranks 290th of 1249 and comes up in 69% of analyzed reviews. 73 reviews describe a beautiful world with great atmosphere, and 49 found the story interesting to experience. Players single out music that freshly mixes Soviet pop, electronic and rock, and some call it a game that deserves respect.

👎 Where it falls short

Gameplay ranks 1188th of 1396. 46 reviews say combat feels awkward, with unfair knockback and constant stuns, and others call it a frustrating slog with no breathing room. 44 report save problems, the most upvoted saying missing autosaves force tedious repeats, and 35 find vacuuming up resources repetitive. Story & World ranks 720th of 1096, and some rate the dialogue mediocre to bad. Content Volume ranks 872nd of 1351.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“bright gameplay, original ideas, impressive scale and atmosphere, flawless optimization” · 127 reviews
“beautiful world and great atmosphere” · 73 reviews
“lack of auto-saving causes repetitive tedious segments” · 44 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 67% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom -1.75 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Negative “Open world exhausting with infinite enemies preventing exploration and investigation” · 28 reviews

Progression 13% · Difficulty 26% · Onboarding 14% · Strategy 19% · Controls & feel 33%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 78% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.21 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “beautiful world and great atmosphere” · 73 reviews
Negative “disappointed by American 1950s aesthetic wrapped in Soviet shell” · 3 reviews

Story 64% · Characters 30%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 44% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -2.08 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “vacuuming resources and scrapping becomes repetitive and annoying” · 35 reviews
Positive “diverse combat with varied weapons and enemy types” · 1 review

Volume 25% · Replayability 2%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 69% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.85 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “bright gameplay, original ideas, impressive scale and atmosphere, flawless optimization” · 127 reviews
Negative “AI assets used excessively in optional content” · 3 reviews

Audio 45%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +2.11 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 23% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.28 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “selling Russian players to VK for four years is pure greed and insult” · 21 reviews
Positive “good value at 60-80 reais” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 11% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 39% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.50 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “lack of auto-saving causes repetitive tedious segments” · 44 reviews

Performance 15% · Developer support 10%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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