GoKawiilSecretlab’s new Atlas chair is a fantastic office addition; it’s more streamlined and less complicated than its other offerings. It also costs less and is extremely comfortable.
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Secretlab has become a household name in gaming chairs in recent years, thanks to the success of its popular Omega and Titan Evo chairs. It's also found success with a premium range of gaming desks and a great ecosystem of accessories. Now, in 2026, the company is back with a brand new chair, and it might just be the one you’ve been waiting for.
The SecretLab Atlas is the company’s first foray into a “task-focused” ergonomic chair. While it's not quite what you might describe as an “office" chair, it is a decidedly less imposing and more streamlined chair for the discerning gamer — with a stronger focus on sitting upright at your desk and getting things done, rather than kicking back at 165 degrees and spilling Doritos all over yourself.
The philosophy is simple: the chair is designed to promote both focus and relaxation by letting you move seamlessly between a state of upright productivity or a more relaxed posture for rest. While previous Secretlab offerings have offered only “fixed” postures controlled by an elaborate array of controls, the Atlas is a more trimmed-down and focused chair that rocks back and forth as you shift your weight. While it still has many of the same hallmark features that make Secretlab’s chairs stand out — magnetic pillow, striking design, adjustability, and customization — it’s a chair that will look far less out of place in the office or the boardroom. In other words, the Atlas should prove the ideal companion to someone who likes to sit up and get stuff done.
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Assembly
The Secretlab Atlas is the third Secretlab chair I’ve had the pleasure of assembling over the last few years. It comes in the same hefty box you’d get a Titan Evo in, and the parts are arrayed with the same care I’ve come to expect from Secretlab. Everything is packed extremely well, with sturdy cardboard inserts to stop everything from moving around. The chair arrived free of blemishes and marks, and there are a couple of trademark Secretlab goodies to get you started.
Notably, you get Secretlab’s trusty screwdriver (a personal favorite of mine), and instructions clearly laid out on a giant piece of glossy card, rather than a crummy white booklet.
Assembly can be done solo, but Secretlab recommends that you do the task with someone else. From unboxing to completion, it took me and my wife less than 15 minutes to assemble, and there weren’t really any aspects of the assembly process that absolutely required two people. You simply pop the wheels into the wheel base, insert the hydraulic piston into the wheel base, screw the Unified Motion System (the bottom) to the seat base, and then stick those two bits together.
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