Atomic Heart has a lot going for it which means there is a lot of information to remember. Losing track of how a particular mechanic works is as easy as forgetting some controls, and it’s not possible to revisit hints.
To help you stay on track, here is a list of the Atomic Heart Controls for PC, PlayStation and Xbox. Those using a PC should pay close attention as they have additional options that allow for more flexibility, including an exclusive cartridge menu that allows them to do so use cartridges a little easier.
List of Atomic Heart controls and shortcuts
These controls are all the default settings. This doesn’t mean much for console gamers since it’s not possible to customize the controls. PC gamers, on the other hand, can change much of their controls, although it’s worth noting that this can sometimes cause nasty problems, as the keybind menu doesn’t list everything.
Standard PlayStation controls
Movement
- Movement: left rod
- Camera/Aim: right stick
- Jump: X
- Evade: Circle
- squatting: R3
Battle
- Attack: R2
- Secondary Attack/Target: L2
- Charge/Recharge: square
- Switch Abilities/Polymer: directional pad up
- Next weapon: control pad right
- Previous weapon: control pad left
- use health: D-pad down
- Shock: triangle
- Use Ability/Polymer: L1
- Radial menu: hold space
vehicle
- Acceleration: R2
- Reverse brake: L2
- Turn: left rod
- Handbrake: square
inventory and exploration
- Pause menu: Pause/Options
- To interact: R1
- To scan: Double-tap R1/Double-tap R1 and hold
- Inventory: touchpad
- Map: hold touchpad
Standard Xbox controls
Movement
- Movement: left rod
- Camera/Aim: right stick
- Jump: A
- Evade: B
- squatting: Press the right stick
Battle
- Attack: rt
- Secondary Attack/Target: LT
- Charge/Recharge: X
- Switch Abilities/Polymer: directional pad up
- Next weapon: control pad right
- Previous weapon: control pad left
- use health: D-pad down
- Shock: Y
- Use Ability/Polymer: LB
- Radial menu: hold x
vehicle
- Acceleration: rt
- Reverse brake: LT
- Turn: left rod
- Handbrake: X
inventory and exploration
- Pause menu: Menu
- To interact: RB
- To scan: Double tap RB/Double tap and hold RB
- Inventory: view
- Map: hold view
Standard PC control
Movement
- Move forward: W
- go back: S
- Go to the left: A
- Move right: D
- Camera: Mouse
- Jump: spacebar
- Evade: layer
- squatting: control
Battle
- Attack: Left click
- Secondary Attack/Target: right click
- Charge/Recharge: R
- Weapon slot 1: 1
- Weapon slot 2: 2
- Weapon slot 3: 3
- Weapon slot 4: 4
- Activate slot 5: 5
- Activate slot 6: 6
- Next weapon: Scroll down with the mouse wheel
- Previous weapon: Scroll up with the mouse wheel
- Shock: v
- Ability 1/Polymer 1: Q
- Ability 2/Polymer 2: E
- Radial menu: tab
- Cartridge menu: Mouse wheel middle click
vehicle
- Acceleration: W
- Turn left: A
- Turn right: D
- Reverse brake: S
- Handbrake: left shift
inventory and exploration
- Pause menu: Esc
- To interact: f
- Inventory: I
- To scan: Left Alt
- Use Consumables: X
- Next consumable: C
- Previous consumable: Z
- Map: M
- Listen to audio diary: G
That covers our standard Atomic Heart Control list for PC, PlayStation and Xbox. If anything else left you at a loss, such as how Access to the test site 9our Atomic Heart instructions page can help.
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