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Games like Atomfall

If Atomfall is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dead Island 2, Sniper Elite: Resistance and DOOM Eternal — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its environmental storytelling is exceptional, atmospheric and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Atomfall is a post-nuclear survival-action game set in a devastated region of Britain, developed and published by Rebellion and released in 2025 at 49.99 USD. Players navigate a long, single-player experience featuring environmental storytelling, faction-choice mechanics, inventory management, skill progression, and a stealth system within an open world. The game is verified on Steam Deck. Reviewers and players have described the atmosphere as dark and contemplative, highlighting its distinctly British setting and humor as distinctive elements. Exploration is described as rewarding and full of secrets, with multiple endings to uncover and a world where NPC presence makes the environment feel alive. The game holds a 78% positive rating from 2669 Steam reviews.

About Atomfall: A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.

2025ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Rebellion
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Distinctly british setting and humorEnvironmental storytelling is exceptionalExploration feels rewarding and full of secretsAtmosphericContemplativeDark

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Steam players who put hours into Atomfall also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Dead Island 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Top pick for Atomfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.

    2024ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Sniper Elite: Resistance

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Atomfall.

    Second-strongest match for Atomfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    Offering unparalleled sniping mechanics, stealth and tactical third-person combat, Sniper Elite: Resistance turns the attention of the award-winning series towards a hidden war, far from the front lines, deep within the heart of occupied France.

    2025ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. DOOM Eternal

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Atomfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.

    2020Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Outer Worlds 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Atomfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Sniper Elite 5

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Ranked #5 for Atomfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.

    2022ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Atomfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Cyberpunk 2077

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Ranked #7 for Atomfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.

    2020RPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Hell is Us

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Atomfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    If war is the closest we get to hell on earth, it's because Earth harbours the worst of demons: humankind. In an isolated country ravaged by infighting, discover the secrets of your past and deal with the repercussions of a mysterious calamity.

    2025ActionAdventure49.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Atomfall

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. System Shock

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Reviewers of Atomfall cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!

    2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Fallout 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Reviewers of Atomfall cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Prey

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Reviewers of Atomfall cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.

    2017ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Outer Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Reviewers of Atomfall cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.

    2020RPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Metro Exodus

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Reviewers of Atomfall cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

    2020Action29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. BioShock™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Reviewers of Atomfall cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.

    2007ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Stalker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Atomfall cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Atomfall.

    The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. DEATHLOOP

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Atomfall cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.

    2021Action59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Atomfall at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Atomfall on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Phasmophobia

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Atomfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Atomfall on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Atomfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Schedule I

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Atomfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Atomfall on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Forest

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Atomfall on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Atomfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Atomfall.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Rebellion

Other recommendable Steam games by Rebellion, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Sniper Elite 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Atomfall.

    Another title from Rebellion, the studio behind Atomfall. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    Discover unrivalled sniping freedom in the largest and most advanced World War 2 shooter ever built. Experience tactical third-person combat, gameplay choice and epic longshots across gigantic levels as you liberate wartime Italy from the grip of Fascism.

    2017ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Sniper Elite 5

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Another title from Rebellion, the studio behind Atomfall. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.

    2022ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sniper Elite 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Another title from Rebellion, the studio behind Atomfall. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    Sniper Elite 3 is a tactical third-person shooter that combines stealth, gameplay choice and genre-defining ballistics with huge, open levels and the exotic terrain of World War 2 North Africa.

    2014ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Aliens vs. Predator™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Atomfall.

    Another title from Rebellion, the studio behind Atomfall. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.

    2010Action14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Zombie Army Trilogy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Another title from Rebellion, the studio behind Atomfall. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.

    2015Action44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Evil Genius 2: World Domination

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Another title from Rebellion, the studio behind Atomfall.

    A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Zombie Army 4: Dead War

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Atomfall.

    Another title from Rebellion, the studio behind Atomfall. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!

    2021Action49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Strange Brigade

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Rebellion, the studio behind Atomfall. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    Embark on an exotic journey into danger in this rip-roaring 1930s third person adventure for 1-4 players! Encounter pulse-pounding action, treacherous traps and tales of derring-do!

    2018ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Sniper Elite: Resistance

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Atomfall.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    Offering unparalleled sniping mechanics, stealth and tactical third-person combat, Sniper Elite: Resistance turns the attention of the award-winning series towards a hidden war, far from the front lines, deep within the heart of occupied France.

    2025ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Outer Worlds 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Atomfall.

    The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Atomfall.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cyberpunk 2077

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Atomfall.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.

    2020RPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Atomfall

Is Atomfall verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Atomfall is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Atomfall cost?
Atomfall is listed on Steam at 49.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Atomfall?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Atomfall are Dead Island 2, Sniper Elite: Resistance, DOOM Eternal.
Who developed Atomfall?
Atomfall was developed by Rebellion.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Atomfall.

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