Summary
- Atomfall is releasing on March 27, 2025.
- Progression in Atomfall requires decision-making, exploration, scavenging, crafting, and bartering to survive the brutal world.
- Atomfall offers a player-driven mystery and has the potential to become a new franchise in the future.
The latest release date trailer for Rebellion Developments' Atomfall confirms the title will come to Xbox Game Pass on day one. The upcoming action survival game takes place in Northern England just five years after the Windscale nuclear disasters of 1957. Atomfall takes inspiration from real-world events and puts a fictional twist on them. In this case, players will unravel a mystery inside a quarantine zone along the British countryside.
While there's still a lot to learn, fans have been given some key details about Atomfall. Instead of featuring a traditional questline, progression will be placed entirely in the hands of the players. As the protagonist gathers information by speaking with characters and discovering clues, they will need to decide how to respond to their revelations. Due to the nature of the setting, players will also be doing a lot of scavenging, crafting, and bartering if they want to survive in this brutal new world. The protagonist will face off against giant robots, mutants, and plenty of other threats as they struggle to make their way through the apocalyptic setting.
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Atomfall's release window was confirmed in August 2024, and the game is now officially set to make its debut on March 27, 2025. The reveal trailer confirms that the title will be coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC. Players can pre-order the upcoming action survival title now on all of its platforms. However, and perhaps most importantly, Atomfall is confirmed to be coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one, meaning subscribers will have instant access to the new release at no additional cost.
Atomfall Release Date
- March 27, 2025
Day one releases have become a hallmark of Xbox Game Pass and its success. Upcoming day one titles like STALKER 2 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle generate a lot of buzz for the subscription service. Xbox Game Pass even allows its users to pre-load new titles ahead of their release, so players can jump into the action right away.
Rebellion Developments, best known for its Sniper Elite franchise, has created a whole new IP with Atomfall. The development of a new property is a big undertaking for any company. It's also a fairly big risk. Fortunately, many fans seem to think Atomfall looks quite promising. If the title is received well, Rebellion Developments could establish a new franchise that would allow the company to explore exciting new opportunities in the future. While it's certainly comfortable to play new installments of existing franchises, new properties sometimes prove to be the lifeblood of the games industry and its future.
Atomfall
- Released
- March 27, 2025
- ESRB
- Teen // Blood, Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Rebellion Developments
- Publisher(s)
- Rebellion Developments
- Number of Players
- 1
WHERE TO PLAY
A survival-action game inspired by real-life events, Atomfall is set five years after the Windscale nuclear disaster in Northern England.
Explore the fictional quarantine zone, scavenge, craft, barter, fight and talk your way through a British countryside setting filled with bizarre characters, mysticism, cults, and rogue government agencies.
From Rebellion, the studio behind Sniper Elite and Zombie Army, Atomfall will challenge you to solve the dark mystery of what really happened.
Player Driven Mystery: Unravel a tapestry of interwoven narratives through exploration, conversation, investigation, and combat, where every choice you make has consequences.
Explore this Green and Unpleasant Land: The picturesque British countryside, with rolling green hills, lush valleys, and rural villages belie the dangers that await you.
Search, Scavage, Survive: You’ll need to scavenge for supplies, craft weapons and items, and fight desperately to make it out alive!
Desperate Combat: With weapons and ammunition scarce, each frenetic engagement will see you blend marksmanship with vicious hand-to-hand combat. Manage your heart rate to hold a steady aim and ensure you have the energy you need to reach for your cricket bat and land the killer blow.
Green and Unpleasant Land: The picturesque British countryside, with rolling green hills, lush valleys, and rural villages belie the dangers that await you. Navigate cult-controlled ruins, natural caves, nuclear bunkers and more as you explore this dense, foreboding world.
Reimagining Windscale: A fictional reimagining of a real-world event, Atomfall draws from science fiction, folk horror, and Cold War influences to create a world that is eerily familiar yet completely alien.
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC
