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Ato
A world of Beauty and Mystery, Emotive Animations, Atmospheric Environments, Visually Driven Story, Metroidvania Exploration and Memorable Sword Duels.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-15.
“Wonderful art and great mechanics and I love hell difficulty.”
— a player, Steam review · 103 hrs played“This is definitely a hidden gem among metroidvanias. It's got beautiful visuals across diverse biomes, an atmospheric soundtrack, and satisfying platforming and puzzles. It's got a ton of boss fights and generally avoids having too many regular enemies, which I actually enjoyed…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“This was an enjoyable title that I wished I played sooner. It's simple pixel art hides several little details that add to the overall story which I'll admit is told very well without any words actually being spoken. I can't think of any other game that showed so much emotional…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedLatest official news
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v1.1.12 Patch Notes
Fixed an issue with the Twitch Arena crashing the game. The instructions have also been updated to point to a new site for retrieving an OAuth token, since the old one is no longer active. Not sure wh
v1.1.11 Patch Notes
This update includes a fix for some memory leak issues. Other than that, this update mainly just involves internal engine changes. This should translate to a smoother and more stable experience for pl
v1.1.9 Patch Notes
It hasn't been long since the last patch, but there were some critical issues introduced with v1.1.8. This fixes those issues so all is stable once again! Fixed bosses triggering as being defeated bef
v1.1.8 Patch Notes
Back again with another small patch. Fixed an issue with copied save files not remembering what items have been collected. Fixed an issue where changing Shin's costume while in-game did not consider i
v1.1.7 - Fixed Projectiles
This is a quick patch for an issue that was introduced in the previous update. While trying to fix an issue with Mother's projectiles becoming invulnerable, a new bug was created which caused some pro
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Metroidvania · Atmospheric · Indie · 2D Platformer · Exploration · Action-Adventure · Singleplayer · Colorful · Combat · Swordplay · Martial Arts · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Arabic, Dani… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 86 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://tinywarriorgames.com/portfolio/ato/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, or 11 Processor: Intel Core i3 2.0 GHz+ or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Any dedicated graphics card DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 340 MB available space