ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie role-playing video game series inspired by classic CRPGs like Fallout and Wasteland. It features a retro-futuristic setting, turn-based combat, deep character progression, and non-linear storytelling set in the cold Soviet wasteland.
ATOM RPG is a series of post-apocalyptic indie computer role-playing games developed by Atom Team. Inspired by classic CRPGs like Fallout, Wasteland, and the early Fallout games, ATOM RPG features retro-futuristic, turn-based combat set in an alternate universe where the Soviet Union never collapsed.
The first game in the series, ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game, was released in 2018. It is set in the cold nuclear wasteland around the Ural Mountains in an alternate 1986. The player controls a character who awakes from cryosleep with amnesia to find the world destroyed by nuclear war. Through deep role-playing progression, choices and consequences, crafting, and challenging combat, the player unravels mysteries to uncover their past while influencing the futures of communities throughout the wasteland.
The ATOM RPG series stands out for its gritty writing and worldbuilding paired with deep RPG systems inspired by tabletop games. With meaningful choices, impactful consequences, challenging encounters, and the ability to build your character however you want, ATOM RPG harkens back to the complexity and freedom of classic cRPGs in an original post-apocalyptic Soviet setting.