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ActionAdventureRPGOpen WorldFPSPost-apocalypticSurvivalAtmospheric

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

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.

Developer: GSC Game World
Publisher: GSC Game World (worldwide), SEGA (Japan), 4Divinity (China and South East Asia)
Franchise: —
Release date: Nov 20, 2024
Store page updated: Sep 10, 2026
Price: $59.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

59.1/ 100

Based on 434 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 🙂 Mostly Positive 74% of 3,469

All time 🙂 Mostly Positive 80% of 140,754

“game was good after real-world adventures”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

-0.39

Difficulty -1.25 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair

“armor cap and hidden mechanics force tedious rat-like playstyle” (28)

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Story & World

+2.10

World +2.96 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

“incredible, immersive world and STALKER universe” (115)

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Content Volume

-0.23

Variety -2.31 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition

“same loot in every location, repetitive content” (21)

Новая и очень спорная часть. Потратил на игру я почти 200 часов, при условии, что из-за бага мне пришлось начинать игру на середине игры заново. На одно прохождение, с полной зачисткой карты, то есть зачистка и лутание всех зданий и прочего, вышло мне в 120 часов. Что же я получил за 200 часов? Начнëм с хорошего. Руки целовал, человеку, который занимался дизайном карты и мест. Выглядит очень аутентично. Разнообразие артефактов. Анимация артефактов и то как они выглядят. Сами аномалии. Есть реальные объекты или места. Подвал больницы с вещами пожарных или ковш смерти. Всë это приятно находить в

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Visuals & Sound

+2.87

Visuals +2.98 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“beautiful and atmospheric game with good voice acting” (60)

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Multiplayer

-2.28

Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.

Community -3.14 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

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Pricing & Fairness

-3.09

Balance -3.21 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched

“enemies see through obstacles at 100m, lock through cover, no tactical AI” (19)

多久时间了，不说所谓的Alife，普通敌人的战斗逻辑还是一坨： ①敌人能隔着几十米甚至百米的树丛草堆发现玩家，根本没有做遮蔽物视觉衰减，在夜晚也人人都自带夜视仪。 ②敌人只会硬锁玩家，几十米外霰弹精准锁头，玩家躲掩体后仍然精准穿透掩体锁头。 ③声音系统一塌糊涂，听到玩家枪声并不一定朝该方向看，一名敌人朝玩家开枪后，另一名附近的敌人不会包抄，甚至不会一起朝玩家索敌，只会仍然找不着北自顾自巡逻。总之，敌人只有找不着北和透视锁头玩家两种状态，连人类敌人战斗都做不好的还能做什么Alife，让人笑掉大牙。就冲这个像2000年游戏的弱智人类敌人就必须给个差评。

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Tech & Support

-1.78

Stability -2.39 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs

“numerous game-breaking bugs including enemies shooting through walls” (78)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time

since launch, by week · major update DLC

Nov 20, 2024Sep 16, 2026

Reviews

per day · 3,445 reviews, peak 279/day

Aug 21Sep 18

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by week. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the week before and after.