The Sniper Elite games are a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine – they're not GOTY material, but they provide some fun, organ-exploding action that requires just the right amount of brain power. Imagine my intrigue then, as someone who also loves a bit of Fallout, when developer Rebellion said it was making a first-person survival RPG set in my glorious home nation of the United Kingdom. Atomfall had all the ingredients to make me happy, and I'm pleased to say that it's been doing just that. I'm clearly not alone either, as over a million players have jumped into the British countryside since its launch last week.
While its combat is rather basic and janky, I'm actually enjoying pretty much everything else about Atomfall review, and according to a new press release from Rebellion, it's resonating with a lot of other people as well.
The developer reports that since it launched last week, Atomfall has attracted over 1.5 million players. That's an impressive achievement considering it launched in a fairly busy month alongside the likes of hit new soulslike The First Berserker Khazan (which actually dropped on the same day as Atomfall's full release).
Despite the ongoing popularity and dependability of Rebellion's Sniper Elite series, this also makes Atomfall the company's "most successful" launch ever. It'll be interesting to see whether that compels Rebellion to go outside of its comfort zone a bit more, and whether we could see its reliance on Sniper Elite games reduced in the future.
Now, it's worth flagging that 1.5 million players does not equal 1.5 million sales in the case of Atomfall. A big percentage of its player base is likely accessing it through Xbox and PC Game , as it was a day-one launch on the service just like Sniper Elite Resistance earlier in the year. Of course, there are still huge benefits for studios launching games straight onto Game , such as getting people to pay for post-launch DLC expansions (of which Atomfall will be getting at least two). But it's worth pointing out that not all of these 1.5 million players will have gone out and dropped $50 on the game.
As well as revealing these excellent engagement figures, Rebellion's also shared some gameplay-related stats. Apparently 316,000 heartless bastards have killed the poor wounded scientist you meet at the very start of the game, 3.7 million enemies have been bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat, and over 4 million pasties have been eaten.
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