Atomic Heart has surpassed 5 million players in 3 weeks

[Vault-Tec]

We are thrilled with the overwhelming response to our first game. Our team has worked hard since 2017 to create a project that delivers the ultimate gaming experience, and we are delighted to see that Atomic Heart has resonated with gamers worldwide!

 

[Lelouch0612]

That's a big success for the team and Game Pass. We found out that the game was disproportionally more successful on PC.

 

[master94ga]

Great news for a great game, happy for them.

 

[AuroraMusisAmica]

Meeting the underserved kinky refrigerator market.

Know very little of the situation, but I hope the profits go towards gaming and peaceful means.

 

[Tungsten]

I remember genuinely thinking this game was vaporware for a while, but here we are. Not surprised it's doing better on PC, but still surprised at how well it's doing overall considering how many legacy franchises don't hit 5 million.

 

[Baki]

I wonder how many players are from Gamepass versus Steam/XB/PS

 

[BTB123]

Much more than I expected. Nice to see. I wished we would get sales numbers reports instead of players but it is what it is. At least we get something.

 

[Tiddums]

I wonder how many players are from Gamepass versus Steam/XB/PS

We'll never know but they've greenlit a sequel already so it must have done ok.

 

[kazuyamishima]

The power of GamePass, it would be interesting to know the split in all platforms.

 

[Tiddums]

Checking Steam, it's around 15k reviews so it's probably somewhere in the 450-750k range on that platform.

Normally I would feel comfortable saying this represents the bulk of all PC players but I honestly don't know how the Russian release was handled, whether it was launched there on some rival digital distribution platform or whether Russian players were using fiscal workarounds and vpns to get payments through on steam. Does anyone know what the situation is there?

 

[MrTired]

Don't know how I feel about these numbers. When you compare it to Outriders it pretty similar and that game never did turn a profit however the budget for Atomic Heart probably was significantly smaller so this could be deemed a success for the Publisher.

 

[Aostia82]

I am one of them

 

[SkyerIst]

Checking Steam, it's around 15k reviews so it's probably somewhere in the 450-750k range on that platform.

Normally I would feel comfortable saying this represents the bulk of all PC players but I honestly don't know how the Russian release was handled, whether it was launched there on some rival digital distribution platform or whether Russian players were using fiscal workarounds and vpns to get payments through on steam. Does anyone know what the situation is there?

In Russia and CIS region overall PC version of Atomic Heart is officially an exclusive to VK Play.
VK Play is a PC games platform by VK (VK is a biggest Russian social network, like "Russian Facebook").

Atomic Heart was a very important project to VK Play, VK Play hugely promoted the game across Russian gaming sites, but reality is this store is just bad. There's nothing exciting, except for a few free-play games from Asia and local visual novels.

So I think some Russian players tried to use various "methods" in order to buy the game on Steam. How many people have followed this path, no one knows. Btw, Atomic Heart seems to be very popular in Russia. Its soundtrack is very successful, too.

In general, over the past year, many Russian gamers have adapted to buying games and paying for subscriptions through foreign accounts on different platforms. For example, PlayStation users are buying games from Turkish PS Store.

Don't know how I feel about these numbers. When you compare it to Outriders it pretty similar and that game never did turn a profit however the budget for Atomic Heart probably was significantly smaller so this could be deemed a success for the Publisher.

Do we know Outriders budget?

Forbes Russia experts estimate Atomic Heart' budget at $20-25 million (advertising costs not included).

https://www.forbes.ru/tekhnologii/485950-pramo-v-serdce-kak-suter-blokbaster-pro-robotov-v-sssr-atomic-heart-pokoraet-mir

Prior to the agreement with Focus Interactive, which became game's international publisher, Mundfish received investments from Tencent and other sources. In addition, Microsoft paid the studio to launch Atomic Heart in Xbox Game Pass. And VK Play paid to put the game in its store in Russia and CIS region.

(sorry for double post)