S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is the unforgiving FPS survival adventure in a dark science-fiction open world. Scavenge for gear and resources, hunt for wonders, make hard decisions to survive and pave…
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is an adventure developed by GSC Game World, released 20 November 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 72.2 hrs to finish.
What S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is an adventure game developed by GSC Game World and released in 2024. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Yevhen "Skif" Martynenko, a veteran of the Ukrainian Marine Corps, has returned from a 3-year deployment in an unspecified conflict. He awakens to find his apartment has been destroyed by an anomaly that has mysteriously appeared outside of the Zone, leaving an unknown artifact in its wake. Looking to earn money for a new home, he is smuggled into the Zone by a scientist, Professor Hermann, along with a piece of technology called the 'Scanner' that creates local anomalies and can apparently "recharge" depleted artifacts. Venturing into the Zone, he finds his initial team he was to make contact with have been killed and sets out alone to use the Scanner in special coordinates where it works…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, open world and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 76 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is the seventh of 13 entries we hold in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. The next entry was S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Ultimate Edition in 2024. Its critic score of 87 is 5 points above the series average of 82. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 150 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 72.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 123.3 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X, 16 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB / Intel Arc A750. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. It also needs around 160GB of free storage, which is a real consideration on a 512GB drive. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: India is the cheapest region we track at ₹2,309.00 (about $24.22), while UAE pays AED 174.30 — 2 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 30 on Steam, which is about $30.09.
What it launched against
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl launched on 20 November 2024, within three weeks of Delta Force, Marvel Rivals, Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Delta Force, Marvel Rivals, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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