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Atlas Fallen
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Atlas Fallen is a middling action-RPG that, while featuring fun fights and pretty landscapes, is brought down by repetitive enemies and the same open world mechanics you’ve done elsewhere.
Game Info
Rise from the dust and glide the sands of a timeless land, filled with ancient dangers, mysteries and fragments of the past. Hunt legendary monsters with powerful sand-infused weapons and abilities in spectacular, super-powered combat.
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Average Score
Total Reviews: 75
RELEASE DATES:
GENRES:
- Action, RPG, Adventure
DEVELOPER(S):
- Deck13 Interactive
PUBLISHER(S):
- Focus Entertainment
SERIES/FRANCHISE:
- n/a
GAME MODES:
- Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
GAME ENGINE:
- Fledge
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RATING & REVIEWS
Ratings & Reviews
75
Critic Reviews
68
Average Critic Score
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CRITIC REVIEWS
All reviews are from professional critics. Learn more about the critics VSG aggregates.
High Score
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Median Score
70%
Low Score
40%
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Gabriel Moss (IGN)
August 9, 2023
7/10
Atlas Fallen is a solid open-world action RPG with plenty of platforming and large monsters to fight with a co-op buddy, so long as neither of you cares about story or is a stickler for high-quality textures.
Jon Bailes (GamesRadar+)
August 9, 2023
2.5/5 stars
It’s proficient in some respects, adequate in others, and manageable at worst. But that leaves a creative void in its world and the way you interact with it that calls into question the value of the whole endeavour.
Ethan Gach (Kotaku)
August 9, 2023
Not Recommended
Deck13’s latest can’t get off the ground. Like the sandy ruins filling its world, the best parts of Atlas Fallen feel buried beneath the same open-world junk you’ve already done in a bunch of other games.
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Score Ranges
Read the Reviews (75 total)
| Outlet | Author | Score | Date | Quote | Read |
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| ACG | Jeremy Penter | Recommended | 08-09-2023 | Video Review | Read review |
| Attack of the Fanboy | Marc Magrini | 4 / 5 stars | 08-09-2023 | Despite all of its flaws in story, visuals, and even design, Atlas Fallen excels simply as a video game. | Read review |
| But Why Tho? | Abdul Saad | 7.5 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Ultimately, while Atlas Fallen‘s narrative is a bit of a hit-and-miss, it still offers players, especially action RPG fans, a highly engaging gameplay experience in a well-crafted world. | Read review |
| Cerealkillerz | Nick Erlenhof | 7.3 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a difficult case. On the one hand, there’s great surfing through the sand, fun-heavy combat and extensive gameplay style customization, as well as all sorts of things to discover in the open world. On the other hand, there are boring characters, a far too serious and predictable story, repetitive mission objectives and artificially difficult battles. Thus, the game can only be recommended if you lower a few expectations and are aware that it gets clunky and lacks variety in some places. Because the fun of the game is really only a layer of sand away most of the time. | Read review |
| CGMagazine | Justin Wood | 4 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a hard game to recommend. Between janky controls and a really rough-feeling platforming system, it feels like it fights you every step of the way. | Read review |
| Checkpoint Gaming | Luke Mitchell | 6 / 10 | 08-08-2023 | There are some fundamentally great things about Atlas Fallen, like its gorgeous desert landscapes and its super-satisfying sand sliding, plus combat that has a tonne of options and flows well. But its open world of interesting enemies suffers from a rinse-and-repeat approach, where what was exciting in hour two becomes boring and repetitive by hour eight. It’s not that it’s poorly made, but its mission structure and by-the-numbers narrative delivered in a boring way make for an adventure that is more generic than unique. Atlas Fallen is much like a mirage in its sandy desert setting; enticing at first, but a bit disappointing once you look closer and realise it’s not what you’d hoped. | Read review |
| Chicas Gamers | Juanma Luengo | Recommended | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a more than pleasant surprise and one of the RPGs to take into account this year. With an average duration of 15-20 hours in its main story, it offers us a wide variety of environments and enemies with a very successful setting. Although the visual aspect is not AAA, it is more than enough to offer us a most enjoyable experience during the course of our adventure. We recommend it to all those action RPG fans who have been orphaned after finishing Final Fantasy XVI and want to enjoy a more modest adventure, but with an interesting story. | Read review |
| COGconnected | Mark Steighner | 68 / 100 | 08-09-2023 | Like in their earlier games, Deck 13 Interactive is definitely punching above their weight. If this results in some moments of unexpected awesomeness, it also results in some rough patches and missing polish. | Read review |
| DASHGAMER.com | Unknown | 7 / 10 | 08-18-2023 | Atlas Fallen strikes a sweet spot in bringing just enough to the table that you get a satisfying campaign, but a resolve that can feel empty. While the focus relies on its expeditious campaign, rapid pacing, eccentric features and embellished plot, it lacks tremendously in story and heart. | Read review |
| Destructoid | Steven Mills | 7 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | I do think there is reason enough to experience Atlas Fallen. Especially if you are a fan of the action RPG genre. It may not leave a lasting impression once you’ve completed the adventure, but it will be enjoyable enough along the way to hold your interest. | Read review |
| Digital Trends | Tomas Franzese | 2 / 5 stars | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen has some ambitious ideas for a game of its scale, but its poor presentation holds back a promising combat system. | Read review |
| Eurogamer | Kaan Serin | Not Recommended | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen echoes other mid-00s slashers with fun melee combat and cool ideas, trapped in a run-of-the-mill open world. | Read review |
| Everyeye.it | Michelangelo Casto | 7.5 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen manages to mix its constituent elements with a certain harmony. Its sandy world is pleasant to explore and contains a secondary offer that | Read review |
| Expansive | Sam Diglett | 5 / 10 | 08-16-2023 | Atlas Fallen toys with some clever ideas and comes close to making a breakthrough on a few of them, but between its dull story, characters, world, and frustrating, unbalanced combat, the game just can’t achieve its true potential. The full campaign co-op seperates it from other titles and can alleviate some of the frustrations but the good elements just take too long to get rolling and aren’t quite interesting enough to help you stick around. | Read review |
| Fextralife | Castielle | 6.7 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a title that misses the mark when it comes to originality and amount of content delivered, but just manages to save itself with solid combat, good visuals and audio, and pretty good PC performance. A day one buy for only the most diehard Deck 13 fans, while everyone else should wait for a sale, and some time to free up in their very busy gaming calendar. | Read review |
| Game Rant | Adrian Morales | 2.5 / 5 stars | 08-19-2023 | Atlas Fallen had promise, but nothing that this game strives to accomplish ever lands very well or feels fully realized. Between a lackluster story filled with generic and soulless voice acting and a combat system that loses its momentum well before the credits roll, there is rarely a moment where this game feels memorable or worth the time to finish. There is some good stuff on the surface of Deck13’s new IP, with its beautiful vistas and interesting world-building and aesthetic, but digging past the surface of Atlas Fallen shows that it is mostly hollow underneath. | Read review |
| Gameblog | Unknown | 6 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Deck13 brings very good ideas, but either it does not go to the end, or it misses in the execution. | Read review |
| Gamefa | Arman Zarmehr | 7 / 10 | 08-18-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a good RPG game that delivers an mediocre experience at the end of the day. Nothing more or nothing less. Combat is fun, but story and characters are extremely disappointing. in general, it’s a one time experience game that could entertain you for some hours, without creating any magical moments along the way. | Read review |
| GameGrin | Artura Dawn | 6.5 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen has a great premise with pretty enjoyable old-school combat when it works. Frustrating and unreliable mechanics might be a bit of a hindrance, but it works great as a gameplay-heavy title to pick up and play. | Read review |
| GameMAG | Unknown | 6 / 10 | 09-22-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a great example of a game with an interesting premise and a weak execution. Fun sand-sliding and some plot points are probably the only things that would hold your attention up until the end credits. | Read review |
| Gamerheadquarters | Jason Stettner | 6.7 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is ambitious being tight in scale and offering some limited scope which was refreshing for an open world game. | Read review |
| Gamers Heroes | Johnny Hurricane | 7 / 10 | 08-12-2023 | While Atlas Fallen is a perfectly fine game, fine doesn’t quite cut it in 2023. If you’re dying to hunt down Wraiths, wait for a discount first. | Read review |
| GAMES.CH | Benjamin Braun | 71 / 100 | 08-09-2023 | With Atlas Fallen, Deck13 delivers a fine and highly customizable hack-and-slay-like combat system. There is generally a great gameplay-flow, too. But with its partly blank game world and weak story the game can’t fulfill the highest demands for an action RPG. | Read review |
| GamesRadar+ | Jon Bailes | 2.5 / 5 stars | 08-09-2023 | It’s proficient in some respects, adequate in others, and manageable at worst. But that leaves a creative void in its world and the way you interact with it that calls into question the value of the whole endeavour. | Read review |
| GameWatcher | Nick Akerman | 5.5 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Such letdowns underpin a game that I initially really liked and quickly grew weary of. There’s fun to be had, and co-op may open up the enjoyment even more. But heed the warning; most of Atlas Fallen’s positives are tapered by the sense it hates its players and isn’t willing to give back on the effort put in. | Read review |
| Gaming Nexus | Jason Dailey | 7.5 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen might not make any game of the year lists, but its inventive, refreshing combat is worth checking out. It will require a bit of patience, as the opening and closing acts are a protracted slog, in addition to numerous bugs, but the foundation is set for a sequel that capitalizes on the promise of this new IP. | Read review |
| GamingBolt | Shubhankar Parijat | 6 / 10 | 08-10-2023 | Atlas Fallen has legitimate strengths in its quick, snappy sand surfing, its fascinating setting and worldbuilding, and deep and flexible progression mechanics, but with clunky movement, inconsistent combat, lackluster storytelling, and just an all-around lack of polish, it ends up being weighed down by far too many issues to be able to live up to its proper potential. | Read review |
| GamingTrend | David Burdette | 75 / 100 | 08-09-2023 | I wouldn’t go into Atlas Fallen looking for a great story, but if you’re looking for an interesting world to explore, this might fit the bill. The gameplay is a lot of fun, with foes worth your time to engage, and a fantastic customization system to battle your way. Atlas Fallen fills that old “AA THQ” hole, perfect for what it is. | Read review |
| GBAtemp | GoldenBullet (GoldenBullet) | 7.4 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen has a unique gameplay loop with its Momentum mechanic that can be addicting but it is lacking in every other area. With the inclusion of campaign Co-Op, this is a solid title that people interested in Action RPGs should check out | Read review |
| Geek Culture | Jake Su | 7.1 / 10 | 08-11-2023 | At the end of the day, Atlas Fallen is certainly a worthwhile open-world action RPG to consider for your next adventure. Its world and creatures are mostly a delight, and the co-op potential is there for friends to have a great time. Just don’t look closely at either the story or the visuals, and you will have a good time. | Read review |
| Generación Xbox | Adrian Fuentes Berna | 8.4 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a game that I wanted to play since I saw the first videos, although once played it does not reinvent the wheel, if it does enough things well to consider it a game to take into account if you like its premises. It is an RPG, with a light combat system like a Hack and Slash, with touches of Darksiders and a great atmosphere. | Read review |
| Gert Lush Gaming | Jim Smale | 7.4 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a great game and a really good co-op experience. It goes for something different and honestly, the story is good, the worlds are fantastic but the combat is Monster Hunter on speed levels of awesome. | Read review |
| God is a Geek | Mick Fraser | 6.5 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | From the outside Atlas Fallen has all the pieces of an open world fantasy epic, but if you look a little more closely you’ll see the cracks. | Read review |
| GRYOnline.pl | Dariusz Matusiak | 6.5 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a shallow RPG. I strongly believe that with less work, it could be a much better action-adventure game. If you approach it with this mindset, it might seem like a quite good game. | Read review |
| Hardcore Gamer | Kyle LeClair | 3.5 / 5 stars | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is far from a perfect game, but the important thing is that it’s still a fun game. | Read review |
| Hobby Consolas | Ángel Morán Santiago | 83 / 100 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen does not invent the wheel, but it scratches at a good level in almost all its sections, and bets on a charismatic fictional universe (with potential for a sequel). If you like hack and slash, action-RPG or the oddities of the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation, here is one of the surprises of the year. | Read review |
| IGN | Gabriel Moss | 7 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a solid open-world action RPG with plenty of platforming and large monsters to fight with a co-op buddy, so long as neither of you cares about story or is a stickler for high-quality textures. | Read review |
| IGN Italy | Angelo Bianco | 7 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a decent action-RPG that, with all its merits and flaws, attempts to emulate God of War with a fun and dynamic combat system. Unfortunately, in addition to the challenging confrontations with the imposing desert creatures Deck13 Interactive’s game does not have much to offer from a quality standpoint. An unsteady frame-rate, along with some problems related to enemy lock-on, prevent the developers from taking the next step after the good results achieved with the two chapters of The Surge. | Read review |
| IGN Spain | Mario Seijas | 7 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen opens up a huge world and gives you some fun tools to explore it. As you immerse yourself in it and soak in the story, the experience improves, but is consequently stained by repetitive encounters with enemies. A decaffeinated combat, but a perfectly seasoned movement. | Read review |
| Impulsegamer | Adrian Gunning | 3.6 / 5 stars | 08-10-2023 | I enjoyed my time with Atlas Fallen and developers Deck13 Interactive positively created their own interpretation of a unique RPG. Sure it has parallels to what makes an RPG an RPG but its overall gameplay and combat is like an alternate Marvel Universe timeline that feels familiar yet different as well. | Read review |
| INDIANTVCZ | Jakub Kadlus | 6 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen had great potential, thanks to its exciting dune setting and magical fantasy world. However, this world, story, and characters make Atlas Fallen a mediocre title. Still, the gameplay is fun, the combat is fresh, and moving around the map thanks to the exciting sand surfing will keep you entertained, but you probably won’t remember the game when you’re done. | Read review |
| Kotaku | Ethan Gach | Not Recommended | 08-09-2023 | Deck13’s latest can’t get off the ground. Like the sandy ruins filling its world, the best parts of Atlas Fallen feel buried beneath the same open-world junk you’ve already done in a bunch of other games. | Read review |
| Metro GameCentral | Nick Gillett | 5 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | A combat-heavy action RPG with fun fights and spectacular landscapes, that’s brought down by glitches, fiddly navigation, and an over-reliance on fetch quests. | Read review |
| Niche Gamer | Fingal Belmont | 6 / 10 | 08-30-2023 | Unfortunately, Atlas Fallen is entirely forgettable. It lacks polish, featuring sloppy and tedious combat, along with a boilerplate story and characters that won’t resonate with anyone. While riding sand dunes with friends provides amusement and a sense of freedom, gamers are better off with Forspoken, where its annoying characteristics at least leave an impression. | Read review |
| NoobFeed | Jay Claassen | 90 / 100 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen might be Deck13 Interactive’s crowning achievement with its story-rich and narrative-driven environment combined with the Soulslike aspects in combat. The combat and level mechanics are a refreshing take on how things should be done, and it definitely keeps you going. Even if fighting isn’t always your go-to pleasure, there’s a brilliantly crafted world and mountains of lore to explore too, if you really want to go all in. Atlas Fallen is definitely one of those games that would be approachable by anybody because of how forgiving it can be while also being challenging for veteran players. | Read review |
| PC Invasion | Matthew Kevin Mitchell | 9 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen may not have the most captivating storyline or impressive sound design, but it more than makes up for these shortcomings with its outstanding combat system, level design, and traversal mechanics. Fans of collect-a-thons will be pleased to know that Atlas Fallen offers plenty of hidden treasures to uncover, ensuring hours of gameplay. While it may be overlooked by some, Atlas Fallen is a true sleeper hit of the year that should not be missed by any gaming enthusiast. Overall, it’s a must-play for those looking for a thrilling and action-packed gaming experience. | Read review |
| PCGamesN | Matt Poskitt | 8 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen’s superb combat, intruiging world, and fluid traversal make up for a play-by-numbers narrative. Thankfully, simple things like surfing the sands of a ginormous desert wasteland and taking on behemoth beasts mean I can enjoy the game for what it is instead of what it could have been. | Read review |
| Player2.net.au | Matt Hewson | Recommended | 08-10-2023 | When you break it down, there is nothing in Atlas Fallen we haven’t seen before. Everything it does, someone else has done in another game. That being said, what Deck 13 have done is bring these elements together into a rollicking adventure that hits all the right notes for action fans, tells an engaging (if cliched) story and never outstays its welcome. | Read review |
| PlayStation Universe | Timothy Nunes | 7.5 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen suffers a few mishaps along the way, with enemies able to do cheap shots, modernized fast travel limitations, and a rather empty map. At the same time, there’s a fun story here that keeps you moving forward, and combat itself feels visceral without being over-demanding. This is a great entry point for newcomers to the genre. Atlas Fallen has high fantasy alongside simple but intricate combat. It may not make game of the year by any means, but it certainly makes a good impression. | Read review |
| Press Start | James Wood | 6 / 10 | 08-10-2023 | Atlas Fallen layers interesting and engaging combat systems onto a lacklustre world and frustrating camera controls making for an uneven and forgettable fantasy action outing. Deck13 continues its work of innovating the genre in interesting ways but there’s just a little too much going on for Atlas Fallen to ever find solid ground. | Read review |
| PSX Brasil | Bruno Henrique Vinhadel | 65 / 100 | 08-09-2023 | Showing good ideas with poor execution, Atlas Fallen is an action RPG with flaws, strange decisions and an underused universe in many ways. It is a better experience when enjoyed cooperatively, but just a decent game nowadays. | Read review |
| Push Square | Liam Croft | 7 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | It’s disappointing to come up against a few too many flaws, but when Atlas Fallen is on form, its marriage of movement and fighting shines through. | Read review |
| Rectify Gaming | Michael Merchant | 7 / 10 | 08-12-2023 | Atlas Fallen is excellent fun in co-op, but its action never matches its stellar movement and ideas. | Read review |
| Rock, Paper, Shotgun | Ed Thorn | Not Recommended | 08-09-2023 | An action adventure with endearing six-out-of-ten jank, carried by weighty combat with heaps of style and customisation. | Read review |
| Saving Content | Scott Ellison II | 3 / 5 stars | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a fun and exciting journey over the sand and under the sun with a combat system defined by enhancements and not the weapons themselves. The story is forgettable, but the experience isn’t. It’s a game that has a bevy of systems, yet it all feels artificially restrained for unknown reasons. I found the gameplay loop to be enjoyable from start to finish, and the game ended right when it needed to. Atlas Fallen is a little flat in its presentation, but it’s a good way to spend a dozen or so hours sand-gliding and fighting as the Summer winds down. | Read review |
| Screen Rant | Jason Hon | 4 / 5 stars | 08-09-2023 | Both the Quality and Performance Modes of Atlas Fallen sport incredible visuals and gameplay, especially with Performance Mode’s 60fps. Atlas Fallen’s photo mode was also a distracting highlight, especially when finding a rare glitch in the game and being able to have the main character express disappointment while pointing at said visual glitches to take the above screenshot. Developer Deck13 promises updates at launch will further improve the game, which did not suffer from any dramatic performance issues like other open-world games tend to release with. In its current state, Atlas Fallen is an excellent showcase of modern gaming that features some exciting mechanics that other action games could benefit from. | Read review |
| SECTOR.sk | Branislav Kohút | 8 / 10 | 08-10-2023 | Atlas Fallen knows how to hunt big monsters and adds combo jumps and parkour elements while exploring the landscape and its hard-to-reach corners. It’s both a challenge and fun, and certainly good choice. | Read review |
| Sirus Gaming | Noel Lontoc | 7 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Though there are some unfavorable aspects of the game, mainly in its narrative, there is no denying that Deck 13 remains triumphant in providing a fun and unique experience with the release of Atlas Fallen. While it is very apparent that Deck 13 wants to add variety to its portfolio of games, it’s far from a perfect game when it comes to story but has come a long way in combat mechanics. Albeit experimental in nature, we cannot wait to see what direction will Deck 13 bring their new combat mechanics and IP as we feel that it has a lot of potential. It’s a highly customizable action RPG that will attract those looking for button-smashing fun at the expense of an engaging and interesting story. | Read review |
| Skill Up | Ralph Panebianco | Not Recommended | 08-10-2023 | Video Review | Read review |
| Slant Magazine | Aaron Riccio | 3.5 / 5 stars | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen only falters when it feels as if it’s slowing down its flow, as with an ill-considered sidequest that requires you to carefully follow wildlife to their buried treasures. The faster the game moves, the better it plays, whether that’s in combat or as you traverse a sunken city, occupied swamp, or desert ruin. Stick around past the sluggish first act and both the gameplay and plot get the hint, speeding ahead with the most enjoyable kind of recklessness. | Read review |
| SpazioGames | Gianluca Arena | 6.3 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | It’s a shame that Deck13 new IP it’s so generic and confusionary, because there are also bold new ideas in it. Nonetheless, as it is at the time of writing, Atlas Fallen is a by-the-book action RPG with a problematic targeting system and just a handful of open maps to explore, with so much better choices on the market. | Read review |
| Stevivor | Steve Wright | 7 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen‘s core is solid — though combat still needs some work — but it seems a bit sparse. | Read review |
| TechRaptor | Rutledge Daugette | 9 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | With exploration enhanced by fun traversal, a progression system that doesn’t tie you to levels, and combat that never gets boring with flashy abilities and fast-paced movement | Read review |
| The Games Machine | Emanuele Feronato | 8.4 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Finally, an open world in which moving from one part of the map to another is no longer problem. It is definitely one of the strengths of Atlas Fallen, along with the numerous builds we can continually experiment with by playing with glove upgrades, and the combat system against the huge monsters we encounter, unfortunately not as frequently as I hoped. The gameplay does not add anything new to the RPG genre, but action and variety of settings, combined with a fast paced progression, make it engaging and enjoyable from start to finish. To be played in one go. | Read review |
| The Outerhaven Productions | Jordan Andow | 3 / 5 stars | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is an enjoyable action game. Unfortunately, the story being so uninteresting and the outdated presentation combined with lots of bugs leave this fun moment-to-moment gameplay experience hard to recommend to everyone. At this moment in time, I would only recommend this game to those that are looking for something fun to play in co-op. | Read review |
| TheSixthAxis | Gareth Chadwick | 5 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is at its best when you’re fighting huge enemies with your carefully constructed (by trial and error) build, but when you’re repeatedly fighting the same enemies, when the story falls flat, and the environments blend into one, it starts to get dull and frustrating quickly. | Read review |
| TrueAchievements | Tom West | 3.5 / 5 stars | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is a feast for the eyes and a sand-surfing ride filled with plenty of high-octane combat encounters. | Read review |
| Use a Potion | Unknown | 7 / 10 | 08-11-2023 | Atlas Fallen isn’t the best hack-and-slasher you’ll play, but the enjoyable combat mechanics and fun co-op ensure it still delivers an entertaining escapade. Players will definitely have fun bashing up enemies with their slick and diverse combat capabilities, whilst the world can be intriguing to explore (even if some of its activities can be a little dull in design). And surfing through the sand with my powers? I loved it. | Read review |
| Wccftech | Francesco De Meo | 7 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | With its unique premise and setting, Atlas Fallen could have been one of the best action games of the year, but its mediocre combat system, dull open-world areas, and lack of interesting characters drag the experience down. The full package ends up being just a decent game for those willing to look past its most critical shortcomings. | Read review |
| WellPlayed | Kieran Stockton | 7.5 / 10 | 08-10-2023 | While this sandy action RPG is somewhat lacking in technical and visual polish, Atlas Fallen is still a strong outing from Deck13, with the outfit continuing to prove it’s got the chops when it comes to crafting interesting mechanics and fun combat. | Read review |
| Windows Central | Alexander Cope | 4 / 5 stars | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen is an above-average action RPG with plenty of positive qualities. It’s fun to explore the gigantic open-world desert, the Wraiths are formidable and entertaining enemies to fight and the combat system is satisfying thanks to the risk-vs-reward Momentum Gauge mechanic. While the story is formulaic and some gameplay mechanics could use some ironing out, they don’t bog down the overall experience. | Read review |
| Worth Playing | Cody Medellin | 7 / 10 | 08-10-2023 | Atlas Fallen is fine in parts and frustrating in others. The world seems fascinating, but the characters are the least compelling part of the story. The combat can feel fluid, and the number of powers you can use makes for a good deal of build possibilities. You’ll wish there were more weapons, though. Traversal is fun, but you will need to ignore Nyaal, who often calls out things that are nowhere in the proximity. The development team could’ve used some more time to tighten things up, but ultimately, Atlas Fallen remains a good distraction in between other, more polished action-adventure games. | Read review |
| Xbox Achievements | Richard Walker | 65 / 100 | 08-09-2023 | A little short on polish it might be, but there’s no doubting Atlas Fallen’s credentials as a decent slice of good (but not great) open-world fantasy action. | Read review |
| Zoomg | Ali Goodarzi | 5.5 / 10 | 08-26-2023 | We definitely way better games than Atlas Fallen from Deck 13. Atlas Fallen has its fun moments but overall falls short of many aspects. Storytelling is completely chaotic and old school action mechanics fail to impress. | Read review |
| ZTGD | Terrence Johnson | 7.5 / 10 | 08-09-2023 | Atlas Fallen does some things right as a new franchise, the world that the team has made is interesting and begs to be explored, the story is for the most part extremely well told and as I said graphically the game looks great. But the unevenness of the combat just makes avoiding fights more common than facing enemies head on. Which is truly a shame because as I said above, I love action games and had high hopes that Atlas Fallen would stick the landing. I am hoping this is something that can be fixed with a patch, because I did enjoy skating around the sands and exploring the massive levels. | Read review |
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