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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land. Evolving with every update, now overhauled and crowned with UPDATE 2.0.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a open world, fps and post-apocalyptic game developed by GSC Game World and published by GSC Game World (worldwide), SEGA (Japan) and 4Divinity (China and South East Asia).
Released on November 20th 2024 is available only on Windows in 18 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Arabic, Czech, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish and Serbian.

It has received 113,346 reviews of which 91,274 were positive and 22,072 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 41.99€ on Steam with a 30% discount, but you can find it for 25.40€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl into these genres:

Open World FPS Post-apocalyptic Survival Atmospheric Singleplayer Shooter Exploration RPG Story Rich First-Person Action Lore-Rich Sci-fi Nonlinear Multiple Endings Choices Matter Immersive Sim Realistic Cinematic

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System requirements

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Windows
  • 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.

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440 hours played
March 2026
My opinion is pretty epic game, 3 crashes in 440 hours of play, played thru on steam deck believe it or not as thats all i own. Little bit buggy here an there but yeah loved it.
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124 hours played
Dec. 2025
After finishing the game, I can point out on things I liked and disliked: Pros: -Visually, the game is very nice, that has gives you a perfect atmosphere and feel to the game. -Gunplay feels very satisfying, and somewhat even realistic. mechanisms of weapon jams when you overshoot, different bullet types, ability to corner clear, grenades, attachments, weapon upgrades, armors, bullet range, bullet drop, bleeding and patching up after being shot, etc. -Mutants can be challenging, and not just a small inconvenience, and each mutant forces you to adapt and create your strategies to defeat them, which the more you encounter them, the easier they become for you (since you understand what to do against them). some people complain about them being bullet sponges, but I feel that it makes it more fun, and kind of "Forcing" you to have a high damage shotgun in your arsenal specifically for them. as I played Metro before, the mutants in both games have probably similar points of health. -Main quest was very confusing for me at first, since I did not play any of the other STALKER games, and I felt like the game just threw a bunch of random characters at me without having any memorable interactions with them, so I found myself later on struggling to understand whether I met them before or not. Although, after a bit, approaching closer to the mid game, I started to understand more, and characters felt more connected than in the early game. The more you progress, the more the story feels exiting, and you get more curious. -Side quests are something that we all know that makes the difference between a top notch game, and an good game. The side quests in STALKER 2 feel decent, and most of them have interesting side stories and situation solving, which I enjoyed. -Factions were somewhat unique, with different locations and settings, different leaderships and politics. -The game has a lot of choices that impact the outcome of the story and the world, which was fun. -Exploration is rewarded, if you are the type of player to look into corners, seek loot in random caves, or just scavenge anything you can find. -The shop system is really nice. Most games I feel like the shop is an optional thing, where all the items you might anyhow actually use are absurdly overpriced and never worth it, but in STALKER you have a perfect balance between item costs and money you get from missions and selling, so you are actually able to buy items like weapons, ammo, armors, and equipment you actually want. -The developers seem to care about their game even after initial release, by updating the game frequently, fixing bugs and problems, and they listen to the community. Cons: -I felt like the ending area, did not give you time to explore, and truly have your scavenging fun there, and instead, I felt like the game comms encourage you to act fast and do the exact checkpoints that are needed for the main quest. this left me with rushing through the last area, finishing the main quest really fast, feeling like I lost some opportunities. -After the game ends, there is no way to keep playing from last point, the game just ends. and it sucked a bit for me, since the last thing I wrote made me want to explore some more, especially with the newly acquired gears and weaponry, but it was just over. -The ending I got (There are multiple ending, depending on your choices) felt a bit empty and "unrewarding", although the build up was really nice. -When walking in more open fields, enemies spot you very easily from long distances even though there are so much tall grass and vegetations, that I cannot see from my POV anything for more than 10 meters, but the enemy can spot me like this from about a 100 meters. -DLC : I got this game as a gift from my girlfriend, which wanted me to get the most out of the game. She consulted me before buying it, to ask me if I think the DLC is worth the extra (kind of big difference in price) price. I read a bit more into it, and its basically offers nothing at all, except for very minor things, that you get later in the game anyways. its been quite a while since the release, and it didn't seem to be changed, which disappoints me a little, since I would have loved to support the developers by buying an extra DLC if it was even remotely worth it. -The game has some bugs, and some soft locks, which can be annoying at times, but we all know that open world games are almost impossible to have bug less (I played Skyrim release version), so I can let it slide :D Overall, I would highly recommend this game for people who like the genre, especially if you have a higher end computer to fully immerse yourself with the beautiful, stunning graphics. I'm looking forward for more updates, more real DLCs so that I'll be able to further support the developers.
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385 hours played
Nov. 2025
The game was off to a rocky start at launch, but after a year of hard work and dedication from GSC's development team with constant patches, updates, and fixes, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is finally in a state where I can wholeheartedly recommend it for ANY S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series veterans, and even newcomers to the Zone. It finally feels right at home with the OG trilogy. Good hunting, Stalkers!
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138 hours played
Nov. 2025
I played all the old Stalker games several times with and without mods and Stalker 2 is for me again 100% Stalker atmosphere. It still gives me goosbumps when you are alone in the Zone and its getting dark. I definetly recommand this game
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3 hours played
Oct. 2025
Entered underground, fought mutant rats, almost got mugged by gopniks, exited underground, drank vodka to cleanse my organism, got overcharged by a local trader, almost got mugged again. After all that I got back home and played S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, it was good! Living in NYC is tough
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Frequently Asked Questions

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is currently priced at 41.99€ on Steam.

Yes, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is currently available at a 30% discount. You can purchase it for 41.99€ on Steam.

Yes, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl received 91,274 positive votes out of a total of 113,346 achieving a rating of 7.96.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl was developed by GSC Game World and published by GSC Game World (worldwide), SEGA (Japan) and 4Divinity (China and South East Asia).

Yes, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is not playable on MacOS.

No, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is not playable on Linux.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a single-player game.

Yes, there are 3 DLCs available for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Explore additional content available for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on Steam.

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No, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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