AtomPunk relates to the pre-digital period of 1945-1965, including mid-century Modernism, the Atomic Age and Space Age, Communism and concern about it exaggerated as paranoia in the USA along with Neo-Soviet styling, underground cinema, the Sputnik programme, the rise of the US military/industrial powers and the fall-out of Chernobyl.

It is likely this particular sub-genre will overlap with Super Human SF.

Its aesthetic describes a retro-futuristic vision of the world.