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Atomic Heart
Developer Mundfish
Atomic Heart is a 2023 first-person shooter video game developed by Mundfish Studio. It was published by VK Play, Focus Entertainment, and 4Divinity. The game is set in an alternate history version of the Soviet Union, during the 1950s. Initially depicted as a retrofuturistic utopia, the game follows the collapse of an advanced Soviet research city after a robot uprising. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
564 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
66
Fresh
281 positive · 143 negative
95% range 62–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 281 | 143 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 17 | 13 | 72 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 3 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
13,849 of 17,934 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
68% recommend · 202 yes, 96 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 298 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (46,593 of 57,426 positive).
Players praise the game's unique Soviet-futurist world, visuals, and soundtrack. [1][2][3] Many find the combat repetitive and frustrating due to tanky enemies and scarce ammo. [4][5][6] Some reviewers note the open world feels empty and the story is poorly presented. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
Such a disappointment. The game starts off very very well, controls are good, weapons are fun to use, and an interesting upgrade system. (SPOILERS BELOW) However, once you escape the 1st area and get into the "open world" areas, the game takes a dive. Why? Infinitely (and quickly) respawning enemies. You destroy a camera, a flying robot comes to fix it. Same with enemies. It takes LITERALLY less than ONE second for …
- [16]
I wanted to like Atomic Heart a lot more than I did. On paper "Soviet Bioshock" sounds exactly like the kind of thing I'd be all over, but after around 7 hours of bouncing off and back onto the game when I finally reach the point where the world begins to open up, I was already bored to death. Atomic Heart so desperately wants to be Bioshock, but doesn't seem to understand why Bioshock worked. Rapture had scale, …
- [1]
I loved the bizarre alternate-history Soviet sci-fi world. Beyond the action, it makes you think about technology and how society works. This makes it a truly memorable experience. However, vacuuming resources and scrapping objects, along with autorepairing enemies and the overworld design, quickly becomes repetitive and really annoying. 🎚️ Difficulty 🔲 My grandma could play it 🔲 Easy ☑️ Normal ☑️ Hard 🔲 A …
- [4]
I have mixed feelings about this game. The biggest problem with the base game is definitely the combat. It throws tons of tanky, high-health enemies at you, but barely gives you any ammo. You’ve got all these guns in your inventory just sitting empty, you're forced to use melee weapons most of the time. (There's obviously a way around, if you know you know) Swarming robots + endless melee swinging quickly turned …
- [12]
Verdict: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5) – “A visual feast served on a plate of chores.” Atomic Heart is a rare breed of game: it is simultaneously one of the most imaginative shooters in recent years and one of the most deeply irritating experiences to actually play. It feels like a high-budget Soviet fever dream that was built by geniuses but balanced by people who hate your free time. The Good: A World Like No Other Visually, the game …
Summarised from 34 of the 421 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
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Players who liked Atomic Heart talk about beautiful graphics and art direction; those who didn't talk about repetitive combat with bullet-sponge enemies. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Atomic Heart received "mixed or average" reviews from critics for the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions, while the PC version received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. IGN praised Atomic Heart for being "deeply ambitious, highly imaginative, and consistently impressive", though criticized its writing and "tedious" elements of gameplay, such as fetch quests. PC Gamer called it "one of the oddest" AAA games. They felt it took primary influence from BioShock, but criticized its combat and progression system as inferior, while being conflicted towards the story and characters. Similarly, Polygon felt that Atomic Heart failed to eclipse BioShock…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 564 · most liked firstI think the biggest question coming out of SGF is how is a game called Atomic Heart II a spiritual sequel to Atomic Heart. That is not how spiritual sequels work.
negative · AI labelView post →It just gets better and better Disclaimer: I play with all assist on and on easy mode, life is stressful enough already. Don't be ashamed wanting to actually enjoy a game without it getting annoying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time to play a game! Playing Atomic Heart in Twitch now Twitch.tv/chipsforjon
neutral · AI labelView post →Atomic heart is a game with some great strengths and is at times quite a lot of fun... but it's also a game that feels frustratingly half-a$$ed and unfinished. Pros: The art and design of the world is great for the most part. The worldbuilding is well executed and most parts of the universe the game exists in feel very well thought out. Most of the gameplay is quite fun, although less so when you run into the less complete parts of the game. A lot of the voice actors do a really good…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a disappointment. The game starts off very very well, controls are good, weapons are fun to use, and an interesting upgrade system. (SPOILERS BELOW) However, once you escape the 1st area and get into the "open world" areas, the game takes a dive. Why? Infinitely (and quickly) respawning enemies. You destroy a camera, a flying robot comes to fix it. Same with enemies. It takes LITERALLY less than ONE second for the flying robots to come to rebuild the cameras you break down. If you kill…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finished the game with very mixed feelings. Atomic Heart is full of contradictions, which makes it hard to judge it in a clear, straightforward way. On the one hand, the design of the dungeons is genuinely strong. From the starting area to the testing grounds with their puzzles and the later story locations, the level design is interesting and engaging. I enjoyed going through them: there is a good variety of puzzles, enemies, and combat situations. On the other hand, all of these story…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Ask NASA if they…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved the bizarre alternate-history Soviet sci-fi world. Beyond the action, it makes you think about technology and how society works. This makes it a truly memorable experience. However, vacuuming resources and scrapping objects, along with autorepairing enemies and the overworld design, quickly becomes repetitive and really annoying. 🎚️ Difficulty 🔲 My grandma could play it 🔲 Easy ☑️ Normal ☑️ Hard 🔲 A challenge to be reckoned 🔲 In the heat of confrontation, (Only PVP…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have mixed feelings about this game. The biggest problem with the base game is definitely the combat. It throws tons of tanky, high-health enemies at you, but barely gives you any ammo. You’ve got all these guns in your inventory just sitting empty, you're forced to use melee weapons most of the time. (There's obviously a way around, if you know you know) Swarming robots + endless melee swinging quickly turned from fun into a repetitive, frustrating chore. If the combat was all it had,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Atomic Heart: A Wild Ride Through Soviet Robotics & One Horny Vending Machine This review is based purely on my experience with the main campaign. I don't own any of the DLCs yet. When I first started Atomic Heart, I immediately fell in love with its atmosphere. The sheer amount of attention to visual details, environments, architecture, machines, interiors, and that bizarre futuristic Soviet world had me wandering around like a tourist who had completely forgotten there was supposed to be a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The setting and art design are very nice but the gameplay largely feels like a chore and the story isn't super engaging. Combat isn't very fun and I found myself wishing I could bypass encounters, which is never a good sign. The game spends the first 6 hours teaching you to clear out enemies and destroy enemy spawn points so you can take your time to solve puzzles and scour every nook and cranny for resources. But then in the next portion it throws you out in the open with constantly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like Atomic Heart a lot more than I did. On paper "Soviet Bioshock" sounds exactly like the kind of thing I'd be all over, but after around 7 hours of bouncing off and back onto the game when I finally reach the point where the world begins to open up, I was already bored to death. Atomic Heart so desperately wants to be Bioshock, but doesn't seem to understand why Bioshock worked. Rapture had scale, intrigue, and atmosphere. Neo-Soviet Russia has non-talking robots, non-talking…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome idea, awesome world, awesome graphics, and much more. Atomic Heart has a lot going for it. The setting is genuinely interesting, the visuals are fantastic, and even the story had a lot of potential. And that's probably what makes my experience with the game so frustrating. I actually found the story interesting. There were a lot of things I wanted to know more about, but the way the story was presented to the player often felt too vague and fragmented. Important information was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What an immersive experience this game was and what great storytelling it delivered. We dont seem to get a lot of these big storytelling games anymore, at least not where it is an important part of the experience. Atomic Heart is one of those games though. This game takes place in the 1950s, but in a world where the USSR has, as the only nation, managed to develop futuristic technology. They built a lot of robots, which they are the sole supplier of to the rest of the world, since only they…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's ok. Fits right in with Bioshock or Halflife in presentation. Lots of little flaws, odd glitches that don't usually show up in a well polished game. The world is interesting, but the characters and general plot is wholly uninteresting. The main character (you) are not all that likeable and Char-les is almost without a personality, almost. The game has really weird audio, especially scripted scenes, they're missing really obvious audio. Like there is a scene in a elevator that gives out…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →kinda mid. Edit: DLCs 2-4 are actually pretty decent. It's just a shame the main game is so meh. I think it tries to do too much. It's like they took ideas from every big fps and threw them into one game. Nothing really feels focused or fleshed out. The story is somewhat predictable until a fake decision at the end. There's basically no good ending, but one sets it up for a sequel that could lead to a good end. The game gives you all these options but only one thing really works well:…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- semi-open world that discourages exploration - main character is irritating and unlikable - endings are not satisfactory - main character moves like a paralytic tortoise
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Infinitely spawning enemies are no fun and completely ruin exploration.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The biggest downside of this game is that enemies can repair themselves infinitely after a few seconds, which means it's too hostile and annoying to stay on the surface and explore, other than just going for the testing grounds. This is such a disappointment considering that this game has a really stunning open world - one that you can't enjoy due to the constant threat of being attacked. The base game is short; doing all the main missions and testing grounds takes around 20 hours, and you'll…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ukrainians get held to an absolutely insane and ridiculous standard for what is considered "political" content that Russian game devs making games like Escape from Tarkov or Atomic Heart don't ever need to explain
neutral · AI labelView post →Played through the main content and all DLC in roughly under 40 hours. This is a fantastic game. It's like Bioshock, Doom and fallout had a baby. You got the gameplay and skilltree for abillities like bioshock , extremely fluid and satisfying combat like doom and the humor and jokes of fallout. You got plenty of weapons to chose from and find. There's dungeons or rather "testing grounds" as they're called here where you find weapon blueprints or upgrades and crafting resources. The world isn't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is very stylish; superficially it looks very polished. Everything else is OK at best! The weapons don't feel good to shoot at all. The upgrades aren't satisfying. The puzzles aren't particularly interesting. The voice acting and writing are off and a bit confusing. Everything in the game lacks punch, flavor; the visuals and the music are the only really nice parts, and they sort of paper over how lackluster the rest is. Oh well!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Atomic Heart has reached 10 Million players. Yet another hit supported by Xbox Game Pass. www.xbox.com/en-us/games/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Atomic Heart / Enchantment Under the Sea / Annihilation Instinct Mundfish. NO disclosure for in-game posters, some steam store assets, and in-game advertisement images. -y
neutral · AI labelView post →I just noticed this on the DLC of Atomic Heart. If you care about companies using GenAI art assets, this is a fair warning that it is prominently featured in-game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Pretty good game overall with awesome story, visuals and soundtrack. Obviously, it's not without flaws. The movement here is kinda cancer, especially climbing, I got stuck a couple of times this way and had to restart the last checkpoint. The gameplay loses its novelity after a couple of hours and then it becomes a little repetitive and grindy, at least you can skip the door puzzles. People said that the game is hard so I played it on the easiest difficulty just to be safe but wish I didn't,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has a very beautiful art style. And that's it. Everything else is boring, broken, badly designed and pathetic. You better just to watch some playthrough than play it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 3 years of being held "hostage" by VK Play - it's finally purchaseable in CIS region and it is one of the coolest games I ever played. That fact is boosted by realising that it's a game made by Russians for Russians, and being Russian, well, you know how it works. Like watching anime about Japan while being Japanese. You just get "haha yes that's us" all the time. Now a bit detailed about it. General gameplay is straight up Bioshock 1 and 2 copies, adapted for the modern tech. You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to write a much longer review. But I'm gonna keep it short. In essence, the game is decent. Not amazing. Decent. The base game has a lot of issues, from gameplay, to story, to not really having a clear vision of what it wants to be. With the final DLC, I can say that the devs have made steps in the right direction. My biggest issue with the base game is that there was a clear mismanagment of resources, and the team overextended, trying to create a weird semi-open-world, leading to a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What looks like Bioshock set in Russia is exactly what this is, a shell of that game disguised to look like one. That`s about the only redeeming quality of the game. Setting is cool and story is somewhat interesting, but gameplay is just awful, combat even more so, the worst part of the game. Every enemy has attacks that knock you down, some don`t even have any different types of attacks so every time you get hit you get tossed around the area until either you or the enemy dies. Every enemy is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still a bit sick so for now all I can do is plan things. The next games I am going to stream are: - Pacific Drive - Atomic Heart - Moving Houses - The Reward of Cherishment and Eternity Bonus points if you know at least two of them. Hope to see you there: twitch.tv/andresplays93
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't care if this is good or terrible. I'm watching it for the sheer bat-shittery of it. (Also, some Electric State vibes) (And some Atomic Heart [the game] vibes)
neutral · AI labelView post →Recommended but kinda barely. Its really weird and strange but in a slightly more bad way than a good way. If you can get it fairly cheap go for it. I paid $18 Gold edition which has all 4 expansions. If youre looking for more of a Bioshock type of game like me you may come away a little disappointed. Its close but man this game has some good ideas but also does a lot of weird, bizarre and/or annoying stuff that really hurts it or doesnt fit in very well, for me at least. Things i liked:…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If your gonna play this do it with the Russian voice acting, very nice voices to listen to
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For example, during the first few moments of Atomic Heart, I was immediately like, "Um, where tf are all the black people?" Then I realized that the game was set in a fictional Russia shortly after WW II. And I relaxed. (The American accents threw me off.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Combat is peak, gameplay is good, story is alright, open world is abysmal. I truly can not fathom how they messed up the open world. It is a slog to go through, unenjoyable, empty, and there is no way to ping/mark/keep track of any of the POI you have been too. You completed a testing ground? Nice it wont reflect that while looking at the map. If they kept the game open area (AKA Bioshock) It would have been perfect.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Verdict: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5) – “A visual feast served on a plate of chores.” Atomic Heart is a rare breed of game: it is simultaneously one of the most imaginative shooters in recent years and one of the most deeply irritating experiences to actually play. It feels like a high-budget Soviet fever dream that was built by geniuses but balanced by people who hate your free time. The Good: A World Like No Other Visually, the game is a 10/10. The "Soviet-futurism" aesthetic is breathtaking, blending…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Atomic Heart is getting a sequel, huh. If Gamergate could have been a game, the first one was it.
negative · AI labelView post →It's that time of the year again! 🏆 Best game I finished via GP: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 🏆 Best game I didn’t finish: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 🏆 Best worst game: Doom: The Dark Ages 🏆 Best impulsive purchase: Alan Wake Remastered 🏆 Best game I had no expectations for: Atomic Heart 📜 1/3
positive · AI labelView post →Thanks to deadletteroffice for the gift. Genre - Janky Easter European FPS Adventure with optional open world elements I think this is 8/10 game It plays similar to Bioshock being an FPS with areas to upgrade and unlock new weapons. These save points are generous, so you don't have to do a lot of replaying old sections, if you find a tricky area. I haven't played the training levels or DLC, but all boss fights were perfectly balanced on normal mode for me, if you didn't spot a pattern or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR SUMMARY Don't listen to the mediocre internet reviews. If you are an adult with limited gaming time and you are completely fatigued by the copy-paste formula of modern Western AAA games, this game is an absolute gem. It features incredible art, top-notch music, deep lore, and a world that completely sucks you in. The first 5 to 6 hours are a slow-burn threshold you have to cross, but once you do, it rewards you immensely. The base game plus the 3rd and 4th DLCs make this an unforgettable…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommendation: 90% Carries hard by atmosphere and gameplay. Has some minor issues like a weird ending and a useless open world, but overall a great experience. Easy to recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh, they're finally finishing Atomic Heart next month. Only... three years after its initial release. A game they announced back in 2017. Honestly, liked it quite a bit. It launched at... an unfortunate time. Not that times have gotten any more fortunate. But I'm not touching any of that.
positive · AI labelView post →While looking at the Atomic Heart 2 trailer that featured heavily sexualized women, I saw comments praising how it looks like "a normal game" and has "good character designs." It's dumbfounding to see how the audience it caters think the game is automatically good because of it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Atomic Heart is one of those games where the focus isn’t on breaking down every small flaw, but on understanding the overall experience it delivers. And in that sense, it does its job very well. From the start, what stands out is the world itself. There’s a strong identity here, especially in how it blends retro-futuristic technology with a Soviet-inspired setting. For players familiar with games like Fallout universe, there’s an immediate sense of familiarity in the concept: a highly advanced…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only positive thing I have to say about this game is it's impressive how bad the writing ruins an otherwise well crafted experience.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just watched a playthrough of the Atomic Heart 3rd DLC. The ending had my brain going off on a tangent ....
neutral · AI labelView post →On that note, I'm SUPER pumped for Atomfall in March. It somehow looks like a cross between Fallout, Atomic Heart and Stalker and I'm so here for it. Glad this game is finally starting to get some proper traction.
neutral · AI labelView post →As soon as I saw that Atomic Heart 2 was being released in 2026, I decided to try Atomic Heart myself since it was one of those games that I had put off due to hearing negative reviews. One thing is for sure, the game starts off pretty slow, but the whole gameplay is worth it. At first, you can tell the dedication and world-building in this game is off the charts. Detailed information through tiny computers and dialogues from corpses. This game isn't perfect but it does have its pros and cons.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have tried to like this game. I really really have, but its like trying to enjoy stubbing your toe. Dont be fooled by the aesthetics. It looks nice, the gunplay is ok, but good lord the puzzles..... OH GOD... the puzzles. This game is just puzzle simulator, terrible puzzle after terrible puzzle after terrible puzzle. This game bored me to death every time i loaded it up and tried and drag myself through another half an hour of torment. Just avoid it. Its utter garbage and a complete waste of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The setting of the game, the atmosphere, the graphics and the world as a whole were all perfect. Also no performance issues. The game ran smooth and looked amazing. Now the rest of the game kinda lets the world down. The story was cool but I wasn't really bothered about it too much as there were other things bothering me. The soundtrack of the game is odd. At one point there will be some calm Russian music playing then at the next minute it'll be heavy rock or some other bs. Don't get me…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everything about the game except for the visuals and art style is....janky. Thats the word. Janky. Where am I? What am I doing? Where am I going? Why? Follow the waypoints which are provided arbitrarily by your omniscient....glove. Society just crumbled but suddenly we know who did it and hes imprisoned righty next to you. But not in a prison. In a...lab? Because he works there? Tons of cool enemies. No way to fight them effectively. Collecting crafting supplied - collection is automated but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I came for the sexy twins and stayed for the psycho and horny female machine that want to murder you and/or upgrade your gears, loved every bit of talk i had with her. The game is meh by the way, there is a lot of room for improvement and i hope the sequel will be a better game with even more trash talk and gooning materials.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't base your decision to play on reviews. Go watch game play videos. This is a soft recommend and would be a neutral rating if Steam allowed it. The art direction, voice acting, and soundtrack are very good. The setting of a utopia-like soviet union is unique, and I spent quite a bit of time in the beginning taking it all in. There are good things here, but there are some big detractors as well. Gameplay wise, it is mostly enjoyable, but there are areas in the last half of the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Holy crow, I can't believe I missed this. I did a sizable chunk of English VO director and narrative editing for the final Atomic Heart DLC, "Blood on Crystal." Mundfish was fantastic to work with, and their VO talent was top notch. store.steampowered.com/app/2214824/...
positive · AI labelView post →No words needed: this game is MEGAFINE! Except for the product placement, the second DLC, and bugs, of course. If you've played it, you know it. If not, you absolutely should!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SGF Mortal Shell 2 - 2026 Death Stranding 2 - this month Chronicles Medievil - early access 2026 Sonic Racing: CrossWorld - Sep 25th Code Vein 2 - 2026 End of Abyss - 2026 Mouse P.I. For Hire - 2025 Game of Thrones: War For Westeros - 2026 Atomic Heart 2 - tba The Cube - tba
neutral · AI labelView post →Atomic Heart is my new Steam Giveaway! - Follow/Repost/Like. - Repost/Like the post below and tell me which game you are interested in from the games I mentioned in the lists so far. Good luck!!! #giveaway #fps #steam #atomicheart #scifi bsky.app/profile/swee...
neutral · AI labelView post →The world building, art, and lore is amazing, but has some glaring game design flaws. The biggest being the fact the game actively deters you from engaging in combat, especially in the large overworld which baffles me. Its a waste of time and resources to fight and you're better off just running around the entire overworld ignoring looting and combat and just running to the waypoint instead. On top of that the weapons feel very weak and underwhelming even on the easier difficulties. It got…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A truly brilliant game with good graphics, I would recommend it. And awesome fridge NORA. Buy this game if you have always wanted dirty talk with a refrigerator.
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