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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
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl cover
Developers
GSC Game World
Publishers
GSC Game World
Retail Plaion[1]
Engines
Unreal Engine 5
Release dates
Windows September 5, 2024
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives First-person
Genres FPS, Immersive sim, Open world
Art styles Realistic
Themes Post-apocalyptic, Horror, Eastern Europe
Series S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on IGDB
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on Wikipedia
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl 2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky 2008
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat 2009
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha (Unofficial) 2014
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl 2023

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is an upcoming singleplayer first-person FPS, immersive sim and open world game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Contains only a download code.
Windows
Official website
Requires online activation
CD key
Choice between Epic Games Store or Steam key.
Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
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Windows
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
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Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
Microsoft Store (unavailable)
Microsoft Store
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Windows
The game is not available yet, but pre-orders are open.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes the base game, an additional story-based side quest, 1 costume skin and 3 weapon skins for singleplayer, 2 costume skins and 3 weapon skins for multiplayer, a digital artbook and the digital soundtrack.
The Ultimate Edition includes the base game, Deluxe Edition content, the Season Pass, and 1 additional costume skin and 4 additional weapon skins for multiplayer.
Pre-ordering any edition (including the standard one) includes additional music near campfires, 'Early Bird' skins for weapons, costume and multiplayer badge, and a package of Steam profile cosmetics (animated avatar, animated avatar frame and animated profile background).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1643320/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1643320/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-7600K
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 GB (SSD Recommended)
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
AMD Radeon RX 580
6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1643320/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1643320) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References