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Atomfall
Developer Rebellion
Atomfall is a 2025 action survival game developed and published by Rebellion Developments. It is set in an alternative history 1960s where the Windscale nuclear disaster turned much of the north west of England into a radioactive quarantine zone. The game was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on 27 March 2025. It received mixed reviews from critics. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
517 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
69
Fresh
237 positive · 108 negative
95% range 64–73%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 237 | 108 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 45 | 1 | 89 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 0 | 10 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
3,273 of 4,203 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
69% recommend · 200 yes, 91 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 291 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (4,619 of 5,961 positive).
Players praise the game's British atmosphere and setting, calling it a unique take on post-apocalyptic survival. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game is not a traditional RPG or Fallout clone, but an immersive sim with survival elements. [4][5][6] Several players criticize the small inventory size and lack of currency, which can make looting frustrating. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [7]
Some lovingly crafted locations and a very engaging 1950s sci-fi vibe, but the game is hamstrung by some baffling gameplay choices. 1. For a classic fallout-style survival adventure rpg, looting and resource management is a core activity but the *tiny* inventory size and lack of in game currency makes for a very frustrating experience. You're constantly running out of inventory slots and then running to find a …
- [16]
I really wanted to enjoy this game, but it's just painfully average. The first 10 hours, I was engaged. But after nearing the end of the base game, and going half way through the Wicked Isle DLC? I realised I had already experienced and seen what the game had to offer. Atomfall has a solid setup and concept, but suffers from a consistent identity crisis in it's gameplay department. I was never sure if the game was …
- [1]
This game is criminally underrated. The basic pitch is Fallout Yorkshire… but even that does it a disservice. Fallout is a first-person shooter with huge RPG elements: big action scenes, lots of enemies, lots of guns, and people with grand ideas about changing the world, all wrapped in a nod to 1950s American sci-fi. Atomfall feels much more like British sci-fi — which was always more about strange happenings, …
- [2]
I'm absolutely loving Atomfall – one of the best survival games I've played in ages! As an Englishman, stepping into this overgrown quarantine zone hits me right in the chest: misty moors, crumbling dry-stone walls, abandoned red phone boxes, village pubs with the windows smashed in… it’s the England of my childhood, but twisted and forgotten. A past I miss terribly, brought back in the most haunting way possible. …
- [3]
It takes the familiar post-apocalyptic formula and gives it a distinctly British identity, drawing inspiration from the real-world Windscale nuclear disaster while blending folk horror, science fiction, and survival gameplay. Unlike many post-nuclear games that focus on vast wastelands, Atomfall presents a picturesque yet unsettling English countryside filled with abandoned villages, mysterious bunkers, cultists, …
Summarised from 34 of the 442 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Atomfall talk about great atmosphere and British countryside aesthetic; those who didn't talk about tiny inventory size and barter-only trading system. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Atomfall received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. OpenCritic determined that 64% of critics recommended the game. In Japan, four critics from Famitsu gave the game a total score of 31 out of 40. On 1 April 2025, Rebellion announced that Atomfall had reached 1.5 million players, making it the company's most successful launch. The game was nominated for Innovation in Accessibility at The Game Awards 2025, and won for Best British Game at the 22nd British Academy Games Awards. The Red Strain was nominated for Best Game Expansion at the Golden Joystick Awards 2025.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 517 · most liked firstSome lovingly crafted locations and a very engaging 1950s sci-fi vibe, but the game is hamstrung by some baffling gameplay choices. 1. For a classic fallout-style survival adventure rpg, looting and resource management is a core activity but the *tiny* inventory size and lack of in game currency makes for a very frustrating experience. You're constantly running out of inventory slots and then running to find a trader to offload, but since you can only barter for items you don't always want…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Guys i know there is a lot of talking about how good this game is. but please before you buy it check online how many people had to stop play this game cause there saved files got corrupted due the game error that is not been fixed till today and i guess it wont be fixed ever. i got 38 hours on the game and i cant finsh it cause one day half of my saves got broken, if i want to keep play i need to go like 9 hours back . just avoid this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I reviewed Atomfall! A potentially great game hamstrung by decisions that undermine what it specifically tries to be. Also, it caused me very real physical pain. Oh dear! www.thejimquisition.com/post/atomfal...
neutral · AI labelView post →Alright. Atomfall is done and dusted. You know, this game received a mixed reception amongst my friends, so I wasn't totally certain I'd enjoy the game and waited to buy it until it was like 20 bucks recently on Fanatical. It's entirely possible that the devs had continued working on this game after release (and after some of my friends played it) although I never did look at the updates to see, but the game I got was pretty polished overall and actually a really fun time.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Base game only. Honestly, this is a great break in between other games. It's short compared to modern day games which is so refreshing. I took a long time exploring, hoarding, gaining courage to do scary things, improving my skills, and completing all endings (I am not the best FPSer). Pros: - Short: A really, really, really good PALLET CLEANSER. ~20 hours and you can get all endings/100%. Speed runs around 20 minutes. - Story: It's pretty solid. Multiple endings based on your choices. You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice piece on the BBC about #ATOMFALL, a game that may or may not (it is) be formally released THIS VERY DAY and upon which I may or may not (I did) have worked. BBC News - Atomfall: How a forgotten nuclear disaster inspired a video game www.bbc.com/news/article...
neutral · AI labelView post →I really wanted to enjoy this game, but it's just painfully average. The first 10 hours, I was engaged. But after nearing the end of the base game, and going half way through the Wicked Isle DLC? I realised I had already experienced and seen what the game had to offer. Atomfall has a solid setup and concept, but suffers from a consistent identity crisis in it's gameplay department. I was never sure if the game was going for Fallout, Far Cry, Metro or even an immersive sim such as Prey. It…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎮: Atomfall 🏆 1000G ✅️ Every now and then a game comes out that feels like it was tailor made just for me, Atomfall is one of those games 🙂↕️ I'm a sucker for Alt History Post Apocalypse games and if you're gonna make one set in the place i grew up then YEAH I'm gonna be completely obsessed 🔥
positive · AI labelView post →Just tried out Atomfall and it is such a breath of fresh air for a video game to identify the real villains in society: Morris dancers
positive · AI labelView post →If there were an award for the studio that consistently makes the most mid games, Rebellion would definitely deserve a special category. Every game I’ve played from this studio starts with good ideas, but somehow they never manage to execute them properly. Because of that, the final product almost always ends up being painfully average. Atomfall is no exception. The story is the most forgotten element, as usual. It feels like the game has a story just because it needs the “story-driven” tag —…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m definitely checking out #AtomFall tomorrow when it drops on Xbox GamePass. Anyone else? The game has me curious as hell about it!
neutral · AI labelView post →Great game until I hit the "snake" minigame. Tried for an hour, gave up - I'm litteraly to old for this sh*t. No way to bypass it. Pity. Dissapointed, uninstalled.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game looks great, and has some charm for sure. However, the gameplay is lacking and choices seem pointless overall. This is designed for somebody with different tastes than me, and way more forgiving to clunky gameplay and gameplay mechanics.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game that tries to do everything, and succeeds at nothing. A shooter with no ammo, a melee game with no blocking, an exploration game with a bad map, a non-linear story that's begging for direction, a stealth game with no stealth mechanics.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a terrible game, but rather disappointing, since almost everything is falling short of what it should be. The characters and the plot as well as many of the leads seemed quite interesting at first, but none of the resolutions ever felt satisfying to me. The locations are decent, but exploration is pretty lackluster, since there aren't many interesting things to discover. On top of that the game doesn't connect the leads in the journal with the POIs on the map, so you have to do that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A couple of people have asked me what this game is in Atomfall- it’s a board game called Colorito. It’s a variation of a “get all your pieces across the line/border” game that was popularised by Halma. Here’s it in Atomfall and an example I photographed when doing research
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is criminally underrated. The basic pitch is Fallout Yorkshire… but even that does it a disservice. Fallout is a first-person shooter with huge RPG elements: big action scenes, lots of enemies, lots of guns, and people with grand ideas about changing the world, all wrapped in a nod to 1950s American sci-fi. Atomfall feels much more like British sci-fi — which was always more about strange happenings, people talking in corridors, low-key horror, and lights flickering where they…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm absolutely loving Atomfall – one of the best survival games I've played in ages! As an Englishman, stepping into this overgrown quarantine zone hits me right in the chest: misty moors, crumbling dry-stone walls, abandoned red phone boxes, village pubs with the windows smashed in… it’s the England of my childhood, but twisted and forgotten. A past I miss terribly, brought back in the most haunting way possible. That thick post-apocalypse atmosphere is incredible – S.T.A.L.K.E.R. meets…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think a lot of the negative reviews for this game came from people expecting something different than what Atomfall is. Atomfall is not an open world RPG. It is not a British Fallout, though it does wear a lot of Fallout inspiration. Atomfall is more like a cross between an immersive sim, such Deus Ex or Bioshock, and a survival shooter, such as Stalker or Far Cry. An odd combination, but it works. I generally enjoyed the characters and the story, though it contained common sci-fi tropes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have had Atomfall since it came out back in 2025, 27th March to be precise. It's launch date. Due to something wrong with my computer at the time (had a faulty 4090) I couldn't play it. I had to wait for my new PC parts to come so sadly... Atomfall sat in my library gathering dust, watching me play other games that I fell behind on. BUT, here I am... finally playing Atomfall over a year later. Hey, it's not that bad because now I don't need to return to it for the DLC content! After playing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3.7 million players later, UK-made action-survival game Atomfall is getting its own TV show www.eurogamer.net/atomfall-tv-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Congratulations to these amazing games for being nominated in the "Innovation in Accessibility" for @thegameawards.com - Assassin's Creed Shadows - Atomfall - DOOM The Dark Ages - EA FC 26 - South Of Midnight
neutral · AI labelView post →Alien Deathstorm | Gamescom Trailer ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNmk... ▪️Action-horror FPS made by Rebellion (Sniper Elite, Atomfall) ▪️Coming Spring 2027 to PS5, Xbox (Game Pass), and PC #AlienDeathstorm #PS5 #Xbox #gamescom
neutral · AI labelView post →Atomfall is a game that interested me all the way from its first trailers. Now that I've finally got my hands on it, I had a very enjoyable experience. It took me 30-ish hours to finish the whole thing, with significant exploration and DLC content included. Atomfall might at first seem like a Fallout/Stalker like experience but going into this game and expecting a Bethesda style open world or super immersive survival of Stalker will lead to disappointment. Atomfall is a much more contained…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →**Disappointing and unfinished for the price** I waited about a year for this game to release and was genuinely excited to play it, which makes the final experience even more disappointing. At full price on Steam of $49.99, which comes out to roughly $53 after Maryland tax, the game simply does not deliver enough content or polish to justify the cost. The biggest issue is direction. The story never feels fully focused, missions often lack meaningful payoff, and the choices rarely lead…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have not gave a game a negative review in my life so this is my first negative review. The reason is after beating the game you cannot play any of the DLCs because they were meant to be played before beating the game. There is only two autosaves, one location save and I only made 3 manual saves that I overwrite as I play through the game. Now all of the saves were overwritten with after I have beaten the game so there is no way for me to load to a save prior to beating Oberon. Almost in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got a chance to play Atomfall during Gamescom and this is a me kind of game youtu.be/mDNzwnwk4pQ?...
positive · AI labelView post →God oh god is this a weird game. Autosave is good, I can choose how far apart each autosave is. I kinda like the fact that there are very few guidance on quests, very realistic and immersive, requires you to listen to what people say and read all the clues. Graphics is amazing, very good view. Now the bad part: Shooting is depressing, human enemies all have Parkinson's and are shaking their head like crazy so it's impossible to hit headshots if you missed the first one. Terrible AI for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rebellion's CEO has hailed Xbox Game Pass as ‘a huge success’ for indie hit Atomfall. "It’s done really, really well for [Microsoft], so they got a good deal, [and] we got a good deal out of it as well.” vgc.news/news/rebelli...
neutral · AI labelView post →Well, it would seem that I, personally, have won the BAFTA for ATOMFALL in the "Best British Game" category. Well done, me. Thoroughly deserved. Good show. There *may* have been one or two other people involved in passing. A little bit.
positive · AI labelView post →Welcome to the sunny rural paradise of Wyndham Village! No dark secrets here... An exclusive Atomfall prequel comic from game writer Jonathan Howard and artist Anthony Williams detonates in Judge Dredd Megazine 478, out next month! bit.ly/2Ws04uc
neutral · AI labelView post →Starting my next game which is Atomfall ☣️ I'm intrigued to check this one out and I'm really getting my use out of Gamepass latley 👌🏻
neutral · AI labelView post →Atomfall - Release Date Trailer (March 27 - PS5/PS4/Xbox/PC/Game Pass) www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_07... Preorder: Amazon PS5 buff.ly/3YZkKg0 PS4 buff.ly/3YVR6s7 Xbox buff.ly/4evomes Best Buy buff.ly/40FI6IU GameStop buff.ly/3YKdBA2 Target buff.ly/3Z3uGVK #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →Not recommended at full price — wait for a sale. Atomfall has a genuinely intriguing premise — a retro-British, post-nuclear survival game with a mysterious open world — and for the first couple of hours, that novelty carries it pretty well. Exploring the early zones feels atmospheric, and stumbling into new enemy types kept me engaged enough to push forward. But the cracks show fast. Combat is the biggest offender. Melee feels clunky. And the stealth system completely breaks any tension…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Past couple days I've been poking around at Atomfall. Interesting game - it'd be reductive to call it 'STALKER but British', even though there's some commonalities. It's a small but dense open world, and most human enemies only act hostile if pressured or startled. Usually they just want you gone.
positive · AI labelView post →could have been such a good game, it's really fun and there's lots to explore, but the story is kind of.... meh. there's not enough context to fully understand anything.. why did i wake up in a bunker, where did i come from? what's my name? why does the town just let strangers roam around freely.. they could have done so much with this, but it kind of just felt lazy, i was really excited to play this, but i'm very disappointed
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Atomfall had the atmosphere to pull me in, but its systems pushed me away. A 12-slot inventory with no stacking and no upgrades turns exploration into constant irritation. Barter without a real currency removes any sense of progression or reward. Looting enemies often feels pointless because there’s simply no space to take anything. Instead of tension, the game creates exhaustion through restrictions. I wanted to survive and explore, not fight the interface. Im sorry, but 12-slot inventory…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game almost lost me in the first 2 hours. After that, it significantly picked up. I enjoyed probably 5 hours. After that, I completely lost interest in whatever it was trying to do, and the final few hours were just an exercise in reaching credits as quickly as possible. The main problem I found is that nothing ever made me care about any of the characters or storylines. Every time you meet someone, they essentially tell you "Trust me. don't trust those other people you've talked to,"…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played the game for about 12 hours and may continue to play but the thumbs down is because I wouldn't recommend it to others in its current form. The ability to jump onto objects and out of the way of monsters is really poor and doesn't work as a player would expect. Combat is janky too. The worst feature though is that some bright developer made the decision that allowing only 12 slots for a backpack with no options for upgrades, etc. may be relevant in a survival "simulator" (which I'd…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It takes the familiar post-apocalyptic formula and gives it a distinctly British identity, drawing inspiration from the real-world Windscale nuclear disaster while blending folk horror, science fiction, and survival gameplay. Unlike many post-nuclear games that focus on vast wastelands, Atomfall presents a picturesque yet unsettling English countryside filled with abandoned villages, mysterious bunkers, cultists, government secrets, and strange scientific experiments. The atmosphere is its…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh yeah, one I did forget and want to play once the Complete Edition is a little/lot cheaper - Atomfall. STALKER by way of British post-apocalyptica and folk horror. From the Sniper Elite studio.
neutral · AI labelView post →News-in-brief: Atomfall tops 1.5m players Rebellion's survival game released on March 27, 2025, is most successful launch in developer's history www.gamesindustry.biz/atomfall-top...
neutral · AI labelView post →Atomfall has a new key art since the other day! Find out more details about our game over at atomfall.com #gamedev #gaming #atomfall
neutral · AI labelView post →Over the next few days I'll be posting clips of my main video doing a breakdown of #TheGameAwards Accessibility category to help explain why each game was nominated. First up today is #Atomfall youtu.be/QB6gh77RwR4
neutral · AI labelView post →Atomfall completed 😊 Is it British Fallout? Well...pretty much lol Pretty game, combat can be a little clunky but a solid mystery and survival game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Atomfall is now available as a Day One release with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Xbox Store: www.xbox.com/en-us/games/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Atomfall is a pretty special game. I played on survivor with most of the assists off; I think the game should be played on this or harder difficulties. Having generalized journal entries (or none) allows you to come up with solutions the quest log would not suggest, and the game accounts for this most of the time. There is a button to check the chamber/magazine of your currently equipped weapon, so I think playing with dropped mags is viable. The crafting/inventory systems are lightweight, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's really hard to recommend Atomfall to anyone and I won't The main problem with this game is lack of focus - it is tries to be too many things at once and fails at nearly all of them. Is Atomfall a good RPG? No, the quests are kinda lame and there is no much choice in terms of progression and charcter build. Tho its cool that you can side with nearly anyone, kill any NPC and change your side even in lategame, it not feels satisfying in any way imo. The main story is kinda poor writing,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last night, I played a couple hours of #Atomfall it's a vibe, for sure. It's a video game for sure haha. I like it so far.
positive · AI labelView post →I've been off since 18th December and have no wish to return. I want to continue to eat cheese, chutney, and crackers at home whilst playing Atomfall. Wage-paying Bastards.
positive · AI labelView post →The same Sellafield that had the Windscale disaster, and inspired the 2025 game Atomfall? www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYz...
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly this is just a game. I was excited for it but it doesn't do much for me. It tries to be Far Cry, Fallout and its own thing but it just doesn't do any of these well. - Story connection. I didn't feel connected to the story nor characters. They were uninteresting and didn't bring much to the table. Even with my own character. I'd wish to actually have some connection with our own character but you can't customize anything about yourself. (Unless they've changed that but during my time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi I wrote a little preview of Atomfall, which is like Stalker but set in the Lake District with some folk horror undertones… www.theguardian.com/games/2025/m...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi #PortfolioDay I'm a Senior Environment Artist in the games industry. I currently work on Alien Deathstorm. In the past I've worked on Sniper Elite, Atomfall and more. In my spare time these days I am trying out stylized art. I also show my art in devlogs over at youtube.com/@petedimitrov
neutral · AI labelView post →Bitmap Brothers nostalgia in Atomfall. While not a retro game itself, I was playing Atomfall just now and came across this metal head in the robotics section, which is a lovely little hidden reference to a late entry in the Bitmap Brothers catalogue, Z. Z was a decent game back in the day, and yet another example of the Bitmaps showcasing their skills at being able to produce top quality games in whatever genre they chose. Rebellion gained ownership of the Bitmap Brothers games a few years…
positive · AI labelView post →Danny sits down with Ben Fisher, Head of Design at Rebellion, to discuss their latest game: Atomfall. youtu.be/R9ixoNQ6gt4
neutral · AI labelView post →"The path to Oberon is clearer now..." Atomfall is OUT NOW on Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC and PC via Steam, Epic and PlayStation 4 & 5⚛️ 🛒 Play Now | reb.to/AtomfallOutNow 📰 Learn More | reb.to/AtomfallBlogON youtu.be/xcYJlo0Jdl8
neutral · AI labelView post →Had so much fun playing (and beating) #AtomFall. Game gave me cool Fallout meets Half-Life vibes.
positive · AI labelView post →I played this game while high the entire time. The combat was fun and the story had me exploring everything to find more shiny things. I very much enjoyed the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →'Atomfall' Reviews EuroGamer 3/5 TheGamer 4/5 IGN 8/10 WindowsCentral 4/5 VG247 3/5 GamingTrend 80 Hey Poor Player 3/5 OC 78 opencritic.com/game/17764/a... MC PC 70 www.metacritic.com/game/atomfall/
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