Atomic Picnic’s Second Early Access Update Brings Revamps, Rebalances, and Adds New Content

June 25, 2025

A huge new update for Atomic Picnic, the anime-inspired roguelike shooter from Brazilian studio BitCake, is now live!

In this second content update during Early Access, the devs have completely reworked and rebalanced the game, resulting in a smoother gameplay experience that finds the fun faster than ever before. New playable content has also been added. Check out the new trailer:


Here’s everything new in Atomic Picnic’s Early Access update #2:

  • Reworked, Rebalanced - Damage and health tuning, faster and deadlier combat, smoother progression, and more.
  • New Map - The abandoned mine of Diamantina, with a unique layout and new Abyss mechanic. 
  • New Boss - Warren, an aggressive and relentless giant sand worm, now stalks the City of Sands map. 
  • New Gameplay Mechanic - Loadout Refinement now gives Loners more options to evolve their build during a Picnic. 
  • More Stable Multiplayer - Continued netcode improvements and a new Picnic Finder to play with randos. 
  • And More New Content - New Curios, double the Evolutions, and more. 

For full details, check out the Steam blog from the dev team.

Atomic Picnic is available via Steam Early Access for $19.99 and it’s a great time to jump back in!

Be sure to join the community in the Atomic Picnic Discord server to stay in the loop on all future updates. 

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