Atomic Heart

This alternative Soviet utopia/nightmare has a novel (if controversial) concept. But is there any substance beneath the distinctive style?

- Alan Wen

With such quirky visuals, it's easy to get drawn into Atomic Heart's alternative history, where a technological breakthrough helped the Soviet Union become the prime global superpower and robots handle all manual labour. But then you remember you're playing a KGB agent in a game made by Russian developers, released in the same week as the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine...