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Atomcraft

Atomcraft

Triplejump · released Jul 22, 2026

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

A sandbox adventure where every pixel is physically and chemically simulated! Build intricate, fully functional machines from the pixels around you. Harvest, react, and manipulate all 118 elements to craft everything from simple tools to complex systems.

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86
VGC Score
■Stablemedium confidence

anchored at patch: “Added Background Paintbrush! (1.0.34)” (1d ago)

88%
At launch
95%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
100%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews95%89191
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)100%9719
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 31, 2026) · 7 reviews sampled · 19 total reviews in window · weighted 5.9 up / 0 down · computed 7h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Added Background Paintbrush! (1.0.34)
    Aug 31, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Quality-of-Life Improvements! (1.0.32)
    Aug 27, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. Save System Hotfixes (1.0.31)
    Aug 25, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. Updated Save System!
    Aug 23, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. Performance improvements, started adding videos to menus :) (1.0.29)
    Aug 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. More Quick-Fixes (1.0.28)
    Aug 21, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. Added Temperature Sensor!
    Aug 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. Balancer, Splitter, and Simulation Controls!
    Aug 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  9. Berry Bushes now plantable! And other hotfixes...
    Aug 18, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. Some hotfixes for Survival Mode
    Aug 17, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  11. Survival Mode Added!
    Aug 16, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  12. Multitool, Upgrade Pinning, and more!!! (1.0.15)
    Aug 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  13. Toggleable Pumps! :)
    Aug 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  14. Cow Update!
    Aug 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  15. Lots of Hotfixes!!!
    Aug 7, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  16. Four more languages! Also Hotfixes...
    Aug 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  17. Cow Respawning Fixed :)
    Aug 2, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  18. Hotfixes!
    Aug 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  19. Building Improvements!
    Jul 31, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  20. Blender Gun, Blueprint, and Ship Inventory improvements! Also: Black Powder!
    Jul 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  21. Walk-Through-Walls Boots, Ruby Growth, and more!
    Jul 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  22. 1.0+ Roadmap!
    Jul 26, 2026
  23. Hotfixes and Quality-of-Life Updates!
    Jul 26, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  24. Various fixes!
    Jul 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  25. added Material Tracking and more!
    Jul 21, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  26. Added more languages!
    Jul 19, 2026
  27. Some Quality-of-Life improvements :)
    Jul 17, 2026
  28. Material Belt Upgrade! And more languages!
    Jul 16, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  29. Added Thai Language!
    Jul 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  30. Some quick fixes
    Jul 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  31. Worldmap Zoom & Pan :)
    Jul 13, 2026
  32. More performance improvement! :)
    Jul 10, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  33. Performance Improvement!
    Jul 9, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  34. Quality-of-Life and Bugfix updates :)
    Jul 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  35. Fixes for Wiring-Related Bugs
    Jun 30, 2026
  36. Greatly improved wires!
    Jun 28, 2026
  37. Ship teleportation, power grid and more!
    Jun 27, 2026
  38. Improved Spaceship Transfer and Various Bugfixes
    Jun 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  39. Quality-of-Life Improvements!
    Jun 21, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  40. New Localization Screen!
    Jun 20, 2026

…and 10 earlier patch announcements.