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2020
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A well-crafted action experience, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is well worth your time.
83
Verdict
80%
Steam
87
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Mostly Positive Steam reviews (80% positive)
Healthy player count of 3,207 concurrent
Critically acclaimed (87/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
No significant drawbacks reported
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a 2024 first-person shooter, survival horror video game developed and published by GSC Game World. It is the fourth main game released in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video game series, as well as the first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game in 15 years since the release of Call of Pripyat in 2009.
Runs well on modern hardware.
System Requirements
Minimum
Recommended
Welcome to the Zone
Prologue complete, but this is so far from over.
85.7%
unlocked
Lockpick
Lure a mutant into an anomaly. Hardly a noble deed, but it gets the job done.
67.1%
unlocked
Goss
Join Stalkers for some campfire gossip.
66.3%
unlocked
First touches
First equipment enhancement. Never the last, for most Zone folks.
63.9%
unlocked
Proxy
Kill a squad that just finished off another squad and won the fight. Or so they thought…
63.1%
unlocked
On the go
Bread and sausage — Zone's most popular sandwich recipe.
62.4%
unlocked
Clincher
100 enemies shot in the head. Not bad for a head start…
57.3%
unlocked
Pump it up
Fully enhance any type of weapon. Somewhere out there, a Zone technician just shed a tear of pride..
53.3%
unlocked
The good, the bad and the ugly
5 headshots in 10 seconds. Good eye.
40.8%
unlocked
Taking it for granted
Gear broken beyond repair. Don't forget to pay regular visits to the technician.
35.9%
unlocked
Watchable Content
STALKER 2: Cost of Hope expansion announced for Summer 2026
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope is the first major expansion revealed for Heart of Chornobyl and it's set to arrive this Summer. Read the full article
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope — the first major expansion, coming Summer 2026
The fragile peace between Duty and Freedom stands on the brink of collapse. The heartlands of the Zone, forbidden for decades, now call to stalkers. N
STALKER 2: Cost of Hope is a "massive nonlinear expansion" that includes the Chornobyl power plant visit the base game never made time for
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl is getting its first proper expansion this year, titled Cost of Hope, and it looks stuffed to its icky mutant gills with
Stalker 2’s first expansion officially revealed, and it's taking us to the power plant where it all began
One of the biggest reveals out of today’s Xbox Partner Preview showcase has been the new Stalker 2 expansion. The developer did tease some sort of ann
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Welcome to the Zone
Prologue complete, but this is so far from over.
85.7%
unlocked
Lockpick
Lure a mutant into an anomaly. Hardly a noble deed, but it gets the job done.
67.1%
unlocked
Goss
Join Stalkers for some campfire gossip.
66.3%
unlocked
First touches
First equipment enhancement. Never the last, for most Zone folks.
63.9%
unlocked
Proxy
Kill a squad that just finished off another squad and won the fight. Or so they thought…
63.1%
unlocked
On the go
Bread and sausage — Zone's most popular sandwich recipe.
62.4%
unlocked
Clincher
100 enemies shot in the head. Not bad for a head start…
57.3%
unlocked
Pump it up
Fully enhance any type of weapon. Somewhere out there, a Zone technician just shed a tear of pride..
53.3%
unlocked
The good, the bad and the ugly
5 headshots in 10 seconds. Good eye.
40.8%
unlocked
Taking it for granted
Gear broken beyond repair. Don't forget to pay regular visits to the technician.
35.9%
unlocked
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