What to Expect From Atomfall

Atomfall is shaping up to be one of the most interesting projects to come from the longstanding Rebellion Developments, and the game’s March 27 release date is just around the corner. Rebellion largely built its name through the ongoing and successful Sniper Elite series, making the alternate history sci-fi setting of Atomfall a surprising deviation from the studio’s usual realm of project development.

With a nuclear disaster leading to a fractured society of cryptic organizations and chaos, Atomfall is already drawing a lot of comparisons to the Fallout series of games. However, Atomfall‘s British setting looks to give the game a distinct and untapped perspective. A lot of promotional material has already been released that sheds light on Atomfall‘s core experience, and fans can gain an excellent idea of what the ambitious title will be like ahead of its release, which is set to occur in just over a month’s time.

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What To Expect From Atomfall’s Nuclear-Fueled Gameplay

The upcoming release of Atomfall is made all the more impressive when considering the recent launch of Sniper Elite: Resistance in late January, and Rebellion is really showcasing its ability to complete projects in 2025. Like Sniper Elite: Resistance, Atomfall is set to launch as a day-one title for the popular Xbox Game Pass subscription service, with the distribution of Rebellion’s games becoming increasingly tied to the successful Microsoft platform.

Atomfall is also slated to release on PlayStation consoles and PC, and it has been compared to the Fallout franchise due to the state of its world. Atomfall takes place in northern England in 1962, with its story being directly tied to the real-world events of the Windscale fire, the worst nuclear accident in the history of the United Kingdom. The game’s alternative history premise imagines a much more disastrous outcome from this real-world accident, with society being plunged into a dystopian aftermath of cults, advanced robotics, quarantine zones, and folk horror-inspired abominations.

Unlike comparable franchises like Fallout, Atomfall strays away from many RPG mechanics, instead placing a gameplay focus on survival-action themes to give an increased sense of danger to its locations. Through a range of picturesque, dilapidated, and mystical landscapes, players will have to scavenge, craft, barter, and even metal detect to survive Atomfall‘s unforgiving world, all while uncovering the truth behind the cause of the Windscale plant disaster.

Tense Survival Mechanics Are at the Core of Atomfall’s Combat and Exploration

Players should expect to see combat mechanics in Atomfall that are adjacent to franchises like Metro and S.T.A.L.K.E.R, with scarce ammunition and aim affected by the player character’s heart rate acting as some examples of more realistic and tension-building aspects of the game. Alongside a variety of ranged weapons, players can make great use of melee weapons in Atomfall, providing a more reliable, yet dangerous, way to approach combat.

As expected, the sprawling world of Atomfall is also filled with a cast of characters that the player can interact with to uncover leads and questlines, with the Wyndham village and its surrounding areas being cut off from wider civilization for several years. The unforgiving and brutal world of Atomfall is juxtaposed with the exaggerated 1960s British eccentricity of its major NPCs, seemingly giving a great level of charm to the title that helps create a distinct identity. Players should expect to experience an engaging survival action title that focuses on rewarding exploration, pulse-raising combat, and narrative mystery within a unique and charming setting when Atomfall launches on March 27.

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March 27, 2025

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Teen // Blood, Language, Violence