Nothing else like it; sorely missed
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Simply nothing else like it on the market even this many years later...”
Steam review · 141.8 h played ↗
Atlas Reactor
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Trion Worlds2016Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat · Strategy
The verdict
A unique simultaneous-turn 4v4 tactics game, praised as XCOM-meets-MOBA chess. Servers were shut down in 2019 and the game can't be played, so skip it unless you want private servers.
Great for
Fans who want to try community private servers for a deep, chess-like team tactics game
Main risk
The official servers are shut down, so the game can't be played
What players love
Unique simultaneous turn-based gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Atlas Reactor is fast chess on drugs.”
Steam review · 453.9 h played ↗
Varied, unique characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“All the characters in this game feel fresh, original, and likeable.”
Steam review · 849.2 h played ↗
Fair monetization, not pay-to-win
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Nothing in this game is pay to win.”
Steam review · 517 h played ↗
Friendly community and great with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Community in Atlas Reactor is really nice.”
Steam review · 119.9 h played ↗
Skill-based with no RNG
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“No RNG whatsoever, none. Everything is decided by the players.”
Steam review · 746.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Fake free-to-play, paywalled characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Overall this is not a free to play game its a free trial if even that.”
Steam review · 24.2 h played ↗
Launcher, login and account problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Launches Glyph and just stays black.”
Steam review · 145.1 h played ↗
Servers shut down; game unplayable
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Game does not work anymore.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Tiny playerbase, long queues, bad matchmaking
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“SMALL PLAYERBASE MEANS NEW PLAYERS ARE QUEUED AGAINST VETERANS.”
Steam review · 1291.1 h played ↗
Crashes, lag and long loading
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Atlas Reactor just loves to crash.”
Steam review · 227.6 h played ↗
Short timer and poor tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“quit putting a 20 second timer on a complex tactical turn based game”
Steam review · 14.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista™ Enterprise (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.150312-1556) or later
ProcessorQuad Core. Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU ~2.5GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 @ 2.6GHz equivalent or higher
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDisplay Memory: 1696 MB - Min. Shader Level: 3.0 - Supports Render Textures
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows Vista™ Enterprise (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.150312-1556) or later
ProcessorQuad Core. Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU ~2.5GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 @ 2.6GHz equivalent or higher
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDisplay Memory: 1696 MB - Min. Shader Level: 3.0 - Supports Render Textures
Storage5 GB available space
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