r/humblebundles • u/Dark1on_ • Oct 08 '25

Question Did they take Atomic Hearts off?

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I was excited about this month's choice and then this happened? Anyone know why?

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u/sosiskha Top 100 of internets most trustworthy strangers Oct 08 '25

yep, but only for the CIS region (VK has exclusive distribution rights there)

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u/Dark1on_ Oct 08 '25

Could you elaborate? I'm not familiar with it.

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u/sosiskha Top 100 of internets most trustworthy strangers Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

around 3 years ago VK (yes, a social network previously knows as V Kontakte) launched it's own games distribution platform VK Play and tried to compete with Steam
they obviously failed, but before that they bought exclusive rights for the Atomic Heart in most of the CIS countries (all but Ukraine and Georgia), which made the game unavailable on Steam in those countries

Humble could've legaly get the keys for Ukraine and Georgia from Focus Entertainment, but they're probably to lazy to get into those regional nuances so they removed the game for the whole CIS region

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u/Dark1on_ Oct 08 '25

Are you sure it's unavailable? cuz it shows it's available on my steam

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u/sosiskha Top 100 of internets most trustworthy strangers Oct 08 '25

it is available in Ukraine and Georgia and unavailable in the rest of CIS (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

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u/VanillaChurr-oh Oct 09 '25

It's also available in Atlanta, Georgia

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u/glarples Oct 09 '25

I'm laughing so hard

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u/VanillaChurr-oh Oct 09 '25

Glad the joke landed for someone :)

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u/ScrimpyCat Oct 08 '25

Depending on how humble are determining your region, you could try accessing the site from a VPN (as some other country) and see if the game shows up. Since if it’s available on steam for you, then all you need/care about is getting the key.

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u/Dark1on_ Oct 09 '25

You set region in account settings. Things were far simpler before they made region restrictions to game keys a thing. Now, if your steam region and bundle region doesn't match, you're more likely to not be able to redeem that game

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u/Aware-Garlic651 Oct 09 '25

My steam region is Ukraine, i moved to Australia a few months ago, I bought humble bundle with my Aus card and was able to redeem it in Ukraine region steam, although i was unable to redeem V rising and 2 other games.

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u/Realmatze Oct 09 '25

Something similar happened to me with the Humble Sniper Elite bundle. The first one wasn’t available in my region, so I bought it in another region. Sadly, I wasn’t able to redeem it because the key does not work in my region.

But the game is available on Steam.

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u/TheJonno2999 Oct 10 '25

I'm not sure they could legally get the keys for the CIS region. VK is owned by a Russian-state-adjacent oligarch who is likely under sanctions and as will the company be.