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Atom☭grad

68% positive of 16 Steam reviews

Released: 2023
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Petter Malmehed.

About the game

A linguistic detective game. Decrypt the Soviet computer to prevent total nuclear annihilation.

Tagged by players

Cold War
1980s
Noir
Immersive Sim
Alternate History
Point & Click
Dystopian
Conspiracy
Old School
Realistic
Female Protagonist
Exploration

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Although Atomograd is described as a “linguistic puzzler”, linguistics doesn’t play as big of part in its gameplay as in inkle’s Heaven’s Vault. It’s more of an escape-room-style puzzle game, in which you search the contents of a computer for clues to disarm nuclear weapons. The premise and gameplay are very engaging, and despite the mischaracterization, I had a good time playing this game. Don’t let my total…
7.1 h played when written. 12 found it helpful.
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Recommended
The linguistic element kind of falls into the background; it's a detective game alright, but not a true linguistic puzzler like for example Heaven's Vault. You have to solve the puzzles in a specific order to progress, but there is a good help function to assist you. Short but sweet.
1.8 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
There are very little clues in this game. Nothing ever hints to a solution, or anything at all. Most things are in a different language. It's Esperanto. For a long time, I wondered if I'm supposed to learn Esperanto so I could understand the recorded speech. But after four hours of play time, I was ready to start cheating. I looked in the game files and found the solution to the first puzzle in this game. Then, I…
4.3 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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