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Atomcraft

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96%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
96% User Score Based on 335 reviews

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About Atomcraft

Atomcraft is a single player and multiplayer open world role playing game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by triplejumpgames and was released on July 22, 2026. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Atomcraft is a game where you can pick up and place every pixel of the environment. Pixels react to whatever is around them, and you can build vessels and machines to make reactions happen. Upgrade your drill and your tools to dig deeper and deeper into the planet in search of better materials!Smelt ore and perform chemical reactions!Find mysterious artifacts with your artifact scannerBattle stra…

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96%Audience ScoreBased on 335 reviews
gameplay12 positive mentions
stability2 negative mentions
  • Extremely deep and detailed chemistry simulation with every pixel representing real elements and chemical reactions, providing an educational and engaging experience.
  • Strong gameplay loop involving mining, crafting, automation, and machine building, comparable to games like Factorio, Terraria, and Noita but with a unique chemistry focus.
  • Active and responsive developer frequently releasing updates, bug fixes, and quality-of-life improvements, fostering a supportive and helpful community.
  • User interface and controls are clunky, unintuitive, and lack polish, making the early game difficult to navigate without external guides or community help.
  • Performance issues including occasional stuttering, lag during loading, inconsistent pixel scaling, and save file problems affect the player experience.
  • Some gameplay systems feel incomplete or inconsistent, such as limited heat conduction, restrictive reaction mechanics, and the survival/combat elements being shallow or unnecessary.

  • gameplay

    44 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 66% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers a deep and rewarding chemistry-based simulation with complex reactions and problem-solving, balanced by simplified mechanics to maintain accessibility. While the core system is praised for its ingenuity and emergent mechanics, many find the progression shifts toward basic 2D platforming and limited combat underwhelming, with some UI and quality-of-life issues needing improvement. Overall, it delivers an engaging experience for players who enjoy experimenting and tuning intricate chemical setups, supported by responsive developer updates.

    • “The game offers a very engaging gameplay loop of unlocking new elements and methods for chemical reactions, with frequent updates enhancing the experience.”
    • “Addicting gameplay that starts simple but quickly advances through the periodic table with countless chemical reactions, combinations, and self-built contraptions to make what you need, want, or just for fun.”
    • “As a chemistry teacher, I found this game has one of the most accurate gameplay systems regarding chemical reactions and their reaction conditions.”
    • “The premise is cliché, the end sequences are facepalm silly, combat is nonexistent (2 enemy types total), survival mode/mechanics feel really unnecessary but are thankfully prone to cheese.”
    • “Tl;dr the game is based around one of the coolest systems done the best I've ever seen, but despite this it heavily avoids using this system for its core internal gameplay loop and instead goes back to relying on simple 2D platformer tropes.”
    • “The range of reaction is also pitifully small, so you end up with two incompatible ideas: build a large forge to allow reactions at large scales, but also build a small forge because you can't put out enough heat due to non-existent heat transfer mechanics to smelt everything.”

  • graphics

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions

    The graphics are simple, pixelated, and often described as outdated or unattractive, but this does not detract from the game's depth and engaging gameplay. Most players quickly move past the basic visuals to enjoy the complex mechanics and challenges. Overall, the graphics are functional rather than impressive, serving the game's focus on gameplay over visuals.

    • “Don't be put off by its light pixel graphics, it's surprisingly deep and very, very fun.”
    • “Don't let the simple graphics fool you, they're not talking it up, you'll spend countless hours learning the chemistry and physics challenges of acquiring every element on the periodic table, and it's an absolute blast trying to recall the long forgotten details of your chemistry classes.”
    • “Even though it looks kind of like an educational game from 30 years ago, it is a really well made and surprisingly deep and engaging game; you stop paying attention to simple graphics as soon as you notice the next challenge and try to figure out tools to solve it.”
    • “The graphics are ugly - I'd say that they are inherently bad by design.”
    • “Don't be discouraged by the graphics.”
    • “Graphics: whatever, it's not a graphics dependent game.”

  • optimization

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions

    The game demonstrates strong optimization, maintaining good performance despite complex simulations and interactions, especially from mid- to late-game. Frequent updates improve quality of life and fix performance issues, though occasional stuttering is reported. Overall, the well-designed optimization supports deep, intricate gameplay without significant performance drawbacks.

    • “Performance holds up well for how much is going on under the hood.”
    • “For the depth of simulation that is going on, it runs pretty well on my PC due to smart optimization and multi-threading.”
    • “Right now updates are frequent, almost daily, bringing quality of life improvements, fixes, and other optimizations to the table.”
    • “I do have a serious problem with stuttering even when literally nothing is happening.”
    • “Just hope they fix the performance.”
    • “I removed my mite farm and restarted; performance is much better after.”

  • stability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's stability is problematic, with frequent glitches, inconsistencies, and crashes leading to freezes that require restarts. Despite its strong gameplay potential, these issues significantly hinder the overall experience.

    • “There are so many problems, inconsistencies, glitches, and 'coming soon' features that I ran into in just 35 minutes, so I cannot recommend this at all.”
    • “Absurd potential, brilliant gameplay, but after a while, the computer freezes, forcing a restart.”

  • story

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, -50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The story in this modern powertoy simulator is minimal and underdeveloped, with the focus primarily on chemistry and automation gameplay. While the world and narrative are barebones, many players find this acceptable given the core mechanics.

    • “Modern Powertoy simulator with a storyline.”
    • “The story and world are barebones right now, with the development seeming to focus on the core chemistry and automation aspects, which is fine by me.”
    • “The story and world are barebones right now, with the development seeming to focus on the core chemistry/automation aspects, which is fine by me.”

  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The atmosphere aspect is praised for enabling immersive role-playing of real-world industrial activities, such as releasing toxic gases. However, users note a lack of detailed information about the composition of gases, effects of freezing the atmosphere, or how elevation influences gas variety.

    • “It's really nice to be able to RP what big companies do IRL, which is releasing toxic gases into the atmosphere.”

  • music

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music is surprisingly good and enjoyable, featuring fun tracks and ambient bug noises at night, though it can become repetitive due to a limited number of songs.

    • “Music: surprisingly good, though somewhat repetitive due to a limited number of tracks.”
    • “I enjoy the bug noises at night, and the music can be fun.”

  • grinding

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game involves gathering resources like pixel particles and crafting various items such as cakes, conveyors, and scientific equipment. While initially enjoyable, the gameplay can become somewhat repetitive and grindy as players reach higher material counts.

    • “I was enjoying the game well enough, although it was starting to get a little grindy around 70 materials.”

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is enjoyable and adds a playful element, but occasional unexpected glitches can disrupt the comedic experience.

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Play Times

38h Median play time
39h Average play time
23-40h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 6 analyzed playthroughs
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Atomcraft is a open world role playing game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Atomcraft include indie, educational, exploration, pixel graphics, nonlinear and others.

Atomcraft is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 39 hours playing Atomcraft.

Atomcraft was released on July 22, 2026.

Atomcraft was developed by triplejumpgames.

Atomcraft has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Atomcraft for its gameplay but disliked it for its graphics.

Atomcraft is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Eden Crafters, Stationeers, Evospace, FortressCraft Evolved, Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure and others.