S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl for PC is a first person shooter (FPS) horror survival game, the fourth in the highly popular S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. It is a single-player game that has been in development for the best part of 11 years as the studio developing the game went through various financial and legal issues, but is here at last and more than lives up to the anticipatory promise! About the Game The game is a blend of first person shooter action, combined with an immersive simula...
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Rating:
PEGI 18
Developer:
GSC Game World,
Publisher:
GSC Game World, GSC Game World (worldwide), SEGA (Japan ), 4divinity (China and South East Asia),
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Genre:
Action, Adventure, RPG,
All Steam reviews:
Very positive (69151)
User tags*: open world fps post-apocalyptic survival atmospheric shooter exploration rpg story rich action first-person lore-rich nonlinear sci-fi multiple endings choices matter immersive sim realistic cinematic ...

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Standard Edition - Europe

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Deluxe Edition

Deluxe Edition - Europe

  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
  • PTM pistol “Monolith” (single campaign only)
  • AR416 “Monolith” (transferable to multiplayer)
  • Integral-A SMG “Riemann” (single campaign only)
  • Lavina SA Assault Rifle "Gabion" (single campaign only)
  • M701 Sniper Rifle “Hunter” (transferable to multiplayer)
  • M860 Shotgun “Monolith” (transferable to multiplayer)
  • SEVA Suit, “Wanderer” modification (transferable to multiplayer)
  • SSP-100M SIRCAA Suit (transferable to multiplayer)
  • Ultra Lightweight Mercenary suit (single campaign only)
  • Bonus Side Quest
  • Digital Artbook
  • Digital Soundtrack
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Ultimate Edition

Ultimate Edition - Europe

  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
  • PTM pistol “Monolith” (single campaign only)
  • AR416 “Monolith” (transferable to multiplayer)
  • Integral-A SMG “Riemann” (single campaign only)
  • Lavina SA Assault Rifle "Gabion" (single campaign only)
  • M701 Sniper Rifle “Hunter” (transferable to multiplayer)
  • M860 Shotgun “Monolith” (transferable to multiplayer)
  • SEVA Suit, “Wanderer” modification (transferable to multiplayer)
  • SSP-100M SIRCAA Suit (transferable to multiplayer)
  • Ultra Lightweight Mercenary suit (single campaign only)
  • Bonus Side Quest
  • Digital Artbook
  • Digital Soundtrack
  • Rhino Revolver “Model Competitor” (transferable to multiplayer)
  • Viper “Monolith” SMG (transferable to multiplayer)
  • Fora-221 Assault Rifle, “Lullaby” (transferable to multiplayer)
  • D12 Smoothbore Shotgun, “Margach D12MT” (transferable to multiplayer)
  • Ward Exoskeleton “PSZ-21W Shturm” (transferable to multiplayer)
  • Season Pass, granting 2 additional expansions and any future DLC
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Visuals

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Game features

Single-player Single-player
Steam Achievements Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Steam Cloud Family Sharing Family Sharing
Xbox Controller Support Xbox Controller Support

Description

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl for PC is a first person shooter (FPS) horror survival game, the fourth in the highly popular S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. It is a single-player game that has been in development for the best part of 11 years as the studio developing the game went through various financial and legal issues, but is here at last and more than lives up to the anticipatory promise!

About the Game


The game is a blend of first person shooter action, combined with an immersive simulation game and a horror game, all rolled into one and sent out into the world with an atmospheric open world for you to explore – if you are brave enough!

You are one of a motley band of stalkers, which stands for: Scavengers, Trespassers, Adventurers, Loners, Killers, Explorers and Robbers, who live on the fringes of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone making a meagre living as best they can. The stalkers make a living (and you play the game) by venturing into the heart of the contamination Zone to see what adventures and quests lie before you.

The game is set in an alternate reality, where a second explosion wrought even more havoc on the surrounding area than the real 1986 event. This has created all sorts of uncanny changes to the known world, affecting, flora, fauna and everything else besides! (See more details about these antagonists below.)

The Zone, and the area surrounding it, are moderately well populated with your fellow stalkers, but there is no such thing as friendship within the Zone. However, after a strenuous and successful battle, you might find likely kindred souls sitting around a campfire who you can join for a moment of respite and some campfire tales, before heading off again on your next quest.

As they say in the Zone: you never get used to the Zone. There is no room for complacency or relaxation in this atmospheric and genuinely creepy locale!

The Nitty Gritty


The game features a huge story tree in which your decisions will affect not only the small immediate decisions but they will send ripples and tweak the entire length of the storyline arc, so decisions made in haste in the early stages could well become a source of extreme regret later on!

With a decent inventory to hand, you can be armed with various weapons and gadgets that help you avoid the worst dangers, as long as you are smart, cautious and careful. These include devices such as telescopic lenses, Geiger counters, and anomaly detectors.

Fight your way to the heart of Chernobyl and see what there is to find lurking in the depths of this wasteland – it is a waste land, yes, but it is definitely not barren…

What to Watch Out For


A partial list of enemies and traps in the zone include:

  • Anomalies – these nasty traps are soft spots in the area which only the unwary – and soon to be dead – wander into. You can spot them by the wavering glints in the air, and test them out by chucking rocks and logs into them to see if they fall normally or if something painful happens to them instead

  • Mutants – in the years since the meltdown, something weird has happened to cells, both human and animal, in the zone. And the resulting creatures are not very happy about this at all…

  • Some objects in the Zone have become powerful artefacts that are always valuable and that might help you – or they might vaporise you! Finding out which is… interesting


    • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl for PC is available for purchase on Instant Gaming for a fraction of its retail price. You will receive an official key and be able to play the game in seconds. Play smart. Pay less.

    Configurations

    minimum*

    • OS: Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64
    • Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB / Intel Arc A750
    • Storage: 160 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Graphics Preset: LOW / Resolution: 1080p / Target FPS: 30. 16 GB Dual Channel RAM. SSD required. The listed specifications were evaluated using TSR and comparable technologies.

    recommended*

    • OS: Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64
    • Processor: Intel Core i7-11700 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    • Memory: 32 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti / Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
    • Storage: 160 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Graphics Preset: HIGH / Resolution: 1440p / Target FPS: 60. 32 GB Dual Channel RAM. SSD required. The above specifications were tested with TSR, DLSS, FSR and XeSS.

    Game's latest news

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl gets yet another big patch
    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl gets yet another big patch
    The second entry in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise may have come out with plenty of bugs, but it's getting better by the day thanks to the hard work of GSC Game World. The studio has released a new update today. Patch 1.0.3 is now available on PC, and it's coming to Xbox Series and the Microsoft Store…
    There is a new patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl available
    There is a new patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl available
    GSC Game World has released patch 1.0.2 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on PC, and it's coming at a later date on Xbox Series the the Windows Store version. It fixes several mission bugs and solves crashes. To all stalkers who continue to explore the Zone in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2: Heart of Chornobyl…
    Patch 1.0.1 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is available now and it fixes a number of problems
    Patch 1.0.1 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is available now and it fixes a number of problems
    Patch 1.0.1 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is finally here, and it's quite the massive update. This patch addresses 650 identified issues, including controller dead zones, a sometimes uneven difficulty, and weapon durability, now finetuned. But that's not all: many other aspects of the game…
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    Best reviews

    I purchased Stalker 2 from Instant Gaming back in 2022, and I actually got my code yesterday. I legit had doubts, but these guys are solid!
    In my opinion it is a good game, sure there are some problems but that will surely be fixed soon. Try it yourself
    Was waiting for this for soo long. Very nice game indeed.
    • Graphics
    • Story
    • Replayability
    • Minor Bugs
    Return of the good old Stalker franchise, it's as buggy as ever, but really fun.
    • Graphics are quite good
    • Story is great
    • Replayability potential is big
    • Bugs, that can sometimes softlock you or corrupt your saves
    • Optimization is not there yet
    Fast delivery as always! But as for the game!
    • Big world and many places to explore!
    • Cool story so far!
    • Scary and actionfilled combat! Gunplay top Notch!
    Needs optimization, when inside safezones, fun gunplay and story. Already 270+ mods
    • Gunplay
    • Story
    • Graphics
    • Major FPS drops in crowded areas
    • Frametime issue when Frame Generators enabled

    Recent reviews

    The game is so poorly optimised that it runs like crap even with a RTX3060ti and an AMD Ryzen 7. It’s unpolished and buggy, don’t buy it until the developers decide to fix it.
    GOTY 2024
    With mods 10/10
    Goty
    • Goty
    Game crashed 4 times in 2h gameplay 10/10
    fucking perfomance nightmare even for high end desctop
    Really good game, if you love the first stalker you will love this one.

    There is some minor problems, but they will be fix with patchs (I played it when it came out and it is still totaly playable)
    • Good story
    • Gameplay like STALKER
    • Minor game problems
    Really a great game, I took some time to write this review because I wanted to test it a bit. After all those updates it became even better. If you liked the previous titles you will love this one
    Aside from some little bugs, corrected by now, it's an incredible immersive experience. GO FOR IT!
    • Graphics
    • Immersion
    • Dev team follow up
    • A few bugs
    • Optimisation
    pure shit cant pass shader compilation shader never play it after 3 week realese and 2 major patch
    Is good, yes
    • Good
    • No
    a bit buggy at the start of the game but now they fixed a lot of the bugs and is working good for me
    • is a good game
    • i dont know
    10/10
    • I have my game :)
    • None
    At lowest settings and at 720p game runs at 20fps. My rig exceeds minimum requirements and that's why I can't recommend this game. Probably fantastic once the game is properly patched up.
    got the key, the key works, got the game
    • peak
    • need a beast of a pc
    not even cyberpunk was this buggy
    • good gunplay
    • Framedrops
    • crashes
    • much more
    unoptimized for now with noticable fps dips and crashes, dont waste money
    Got the key on the 19th and saved a good amount of money! IG is worth it as always. :)

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