Fresh from unveiling Atomic Heart 2 and wild spin-off The Cube, Mundfish's CEO has his sights set on making a game as impactful as Crysis: "This is art!"

Atomic Heart 2 gameplay showing two robots raising drinks to a woman covered in shadow.

For Atomic Heart, the five-year journey from announcement to launch was a rollercoaster.

In its earliest days, prospective fans were enamored with its Soviet BioShock-esque premise, with one combat trailer alone racking up nearly eight million views. Anticipation was sky-high by launch, yet its reception in 2023 was ultimately more polarizing – we scored it 2.5 in our Atomic Heart review. That didn't stop the game from becoming a commercial success for first-time developer Mundfish, though, and just last week Atomic Heart passed the 10 million player mark.