The distinctive Severance keyboard is no longer going to be restricted to the bright white halls of Lumon Industries, as the cunning heads of Macrodata Refinement at Atomic Keyboard have decided to make this retro-styled computer keyboard for real. With its built-in trackball and chunky metal chassis, you could soon bin those big, scary numbers authentically from your own desktop.
With a price of $599 for early adopters, it’s fair to say that this design is too niche and exclusive to make it onto our best gaming keyboard buying guide alongside the likes of Logitech and Razer any time soon, but I really love the attention to detail. Made from CNC-machined aluminum, the Atomic MDR Dasher has three swappable, modular layouts that make nods to different areas of the show. Whether you want to play at being an Innie or an Outie, there’s a layout for you.
Let’s start with the Innie layout, which features the distinctive 50mm trackball on the right, and appropriately comes with no Escape, Control, or Option keys. Meanwhile, the Outie layout still gives you the trackball, but gives you a classically clean 60% layout on the left, with all the keys in the expected places.
Finally, you can also dispense with the trackball and replace it with a numpad to recreate the classic Data General 6053 keyboard that the TV show used as the basis for the Severance keyboard, and which is also known as the Dasher D2.
According to Atomic Keyboard, the whole kaboodle weighs in at a hefty 7kg, and is made from fully CNC-milled aerospace-grade aluminum. Even the trackball mouse buttons have been CNC-machined, and use mechanical MX switches to give them a mechanical feel. Meanwhile, the magnetic frame in the middle is designed to make it easy to swap out a different keyboard layout.
Described as a keyboard “For Work That’s Mysterious & Important,” the Atomic MDR Dasher apparently provides a typing experience that’s “thocky, firm, and deeply satisfying.” While Severance is (in my opinion) the best show on TV right now, I wouldn’t pay $599 for this keyboard, but I absolutely love that it exists – I’d just need a curvy workstation monitor to go with it.
If you want to pre-order one, though, check out the Kickstarter page here – the keyboard is expected to start shipping in November 2025.
If you’re looking for a more modestly priced aluminum keyboard, you can always check out the Monsgeek M1W instead. It’s still one of the finest-looking and heaviest keyboard’s we’ve tested and is a bargain at under $100.
Plus, assuming you don’t have a room full of goats in your building, you can also check out our guide to buying the best gaming mouse. Likewise, our best gaming headset takes you through all our favorite options right now at a range of prices.
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