Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
Retro game collection organized around interactive history timelines
Digital Eclipse · Published by Atari · Released Nov 11, 2022
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 92% of 474
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 6
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Nov 5, 2025
Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)
What is Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration?
This interactive documentary and game collection traces Atari's history through timelines of interviews, archival materials, and playable games. Browse the timelines, watch footage, and launch more than 100 titles from arcade machines, Atari computers, and consoles. The collection also includes six newly made games.
For you if...
- +you enjoy exploring game history through playable archives
- +you like sampling games from several early platforms
- +you want local multiplayer options in a retro collection
Not for you if...
- −you want modern mechanics instead of early arcade design
- −you prefer one long game to a collection
What players say
92% of 474 reviews are positive
Players praise the historical material and the range of playable games. Common complaints concern missing titles and controls that some players find unresponsive or difficult to remap.
Screenshots and trailer
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration system requirements
Minimum: HD 4800, 8 GB RAM, 12 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit Required)
- Processor
- Intel i3 @ 3.0GHz or AMD equivalent.
- Graphics
- ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT or greater
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 12 GB available space
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: co-op split-screen; PvP split-screen. It also has a single-player mode. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.
Does Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 20
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese.
Does Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Retro
- 1980s
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Education
- Arcade
- PvP
- 2D
- Local Multiplayer
- Historical
- Exploration
- Action
- Controller
- Software
- Voxel
- Casual
- Colorful
Recent updates
- Nov 8, 2024 · Atari 50 DLC 2 Update Now Available! Patch Notes for September 26, 2024
- Sep 26, 2024 · Atari 50 DLC Update Now Available! Patch Notes for September 26, 2024
- Dec 5, 2023 · Holiday Content Update - Patch Notes for December 5th, 2023
- Jan 18, 2023 · 2023 Update to Atari 50
4 DLC available.
