ATOM BORN Steam capsule art: two survivors by a campfire in post-apocalyptic Toronto

A post apocalyptic survival game

Build underground, or carve a life in the radioactive wasteland. Brave hostile biomes via Toronto's subway network - a city frozen in time in the year 1999. Craft and upgrade gear, and team up with friends to take on raiders, mutated animals, and twisted remnants of humanity. Rich, unique gameplay with real replayability.

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Pre‑Alpha Solo & Online co‑op Base‑building Extraction Scaling content Toronto in the 90s

Core Pillars

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Craft • Refine • Upgrade

Three item tiers with meaningful upgrades. High‑tier gear starts strong, but any item can be enhanced—risk breakage beyond certain levels for tension.

Underground Base‑Building

Dig in, expand safe rooms, automate, and fortify. Hot/cold zones and radiation make location choice strategic, not cosmetic.

Subway‑Linked Biomes

Unlock hostile districts via the subway. Each biome requires specific gear and actions to progress—flooded tunnels, toxic parks, frozen blocks.

Enemies With Teeth

Face hoppers, raiders, mutated animals, and corrupted survivors with readable behaviors and escalating threats.

Better With Friends

Solo for the demo; co‑op for release. Clear roles emerge via gear and base needs—teamwork without rigid classes.

Toronto, 1999

The clock stopped on New Year's—Y2K bombs lit the sky. Explore High Park, Queen's Park, Bathurst and more, reimagined as eerie silhouettes.

Sneak Peak

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Roadmap

Pre‑Alpha. Wishlist on Steam, join Discord, and catch weekly GIFs.
Single‑player demo on Steam with a tight 30–60 min loop and strong replayability.
Single player content slowly begins being drip fed to player base.
Up to 4 player co-op while features are unlocked, helps with funding to work on sound design, final art, animations, any final zones.
4+ players, all transit stops unlocked, full story unlocked.

*Contingent on user engagement and interest, a kickstarter may also happen

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