Top Critic Average
Critics Recommend
Atmospheric Setting
Open Exploration
Uneven Combat
Atomfall is a post-apocalyptic survival-action adventure with open-ended exploration, choice-driven story paths, and a uniquely atmospheric British setting, though critics find its combat and mechanical systems uneven and frustrating at times.
If you can get over a difficult start and fancy a lean take on the survival genre, Atomfall delivers an intriguing tale worth discovering.
Atomfall is a compelling, post-apocalyptic survival story that satisfyingly bends to your choices and discoveries no matter which direction you take.
Atomfall looks amazing and has some really great ideas, but most of those ideas are overshadowed by frustrating game design and mechanical roadblocks.
Atomfall can be a fun diversion, but it really needs to take a gap year so it can find itself.
As someone who spent countless childhood holidays roaming these same Cumbrian hills before returning to a static caravan or family tent, Atomfall perfectly captures the British countryside. Combine that with a brilliant quest system and the tension of survival combat, and you’ve got a recipe for success. Now grab that cricket bat and decapitate a zombie before it eats your brains with Yorkshire puddings and gravy.
I don't regret my time with Atomfall. It knows what it wants to be, with a reasonable scope and solid shooting mechanics. But issues with the skill system, its underbaked stealth, and an unengaging narrative are asterisks too large to ignore. Like the world it depicts, something exciting and unique lies at Atomfall's core. I just wish it wasn't walled off by my laundry list of frustrations.
With its wide-open quest design, Atomfall takes a novel approach to storytelling that helps push through some of its lesser parts.
Rebellion Developments reveals that Atomfall has reached another impressive player milestone, evidencing the game’s successful launch.
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Atomfall gives players the freedom to tackle the story however they want, but it was almost much more linear.
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A developer working on the upcoming title Atomfall teases some 'experimental stuff' that could have a big impact on the game's world.
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