Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition

Developers
	4A Games
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Engines
	4A Engine
Release dates
Windows	May 6, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	85
OpenCritic	86
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter, Survival horror
Vehicles	Automobile
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Eastern Europe
Series	Metro

Metro
Metro 2033	2010
Metro: Last Light	2013
Metro 2033 Redux	2014
Metro: Last Light Redux	2014
Metro Exodus	2019
Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition	2021
Metro Awakening	2024

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition is a singleplayer first-person shooter and survival horror game in the Metro series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GOG.com		Distributed as a separate set of installers and as a separate branch in GOG Galaxy.
Microsoft Store
Steam

Included with all purchases of the regular version of Metro Exodus; buying individual DLC also gives access to that DLC for the Enhanced Edition.
See Metro Exodus for availability.

Essential improvements

Enhance DLSS (2.x only)

DLSS 2.0 and beyond based games allow you to use newer DLSS 2.x DLL files to improve the quality and performance of DLSS itself.

Upgrade nvgnx_dlss.dll to a later version
Download ngx_dlss_demo_windows.zip from GitHub. Go into DLSS_Sample_App\bin\ngx_dlss_demo\. Copy nvgnx_dlss.dll to <path-to-game> and overwrite.

Metro Exodus Qols Mod

Adds the ability to fast-forward any in-game cutscene, Adds new bindable Actions, Unlocks Max Fov, Prevents FOV to change on ladders/tunnels/cutscenes, Removes Blur, Mouse acceleration, Adds precise mouse sensitivity slidder and more...

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
GOG.com	<path-to-game>\user.cfg
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\metro exodus\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1449560/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
GOG.com	<path-to-game>\saved_games\
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\metro exodus\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1449560/pfx/

Game shares save directory with the base game and save games are compatible between the versions.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Cloud support is enabled in the base game, install and open it to use cloud saves.

Video

General settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		60-75° vertical FOV. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA enabled by default.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.1
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Use the -forcenohdr command line argument to force HDR off.
Ray tracing (RT)		Always enabled, can't be turned off.

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Change field of view
Go to the configuration file location. Open user.cfg Set r_base_fov to the desired value up to 90. Notes Unfinished player model may be revealed, and damage overlay doesn't scale properly.

Windowed

Set windowed mode
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open user.cfg. Change r_fullscreen on to r_fullscreen off.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Manually set level in configuration file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open user.cfg. Set r_aniso_level as needed (e.g. r_aniso_level 16).

Motion blur

Disable motion blur
Go to the configuration file location. Open user.cfg Change r_blur_level and r_game_mblur_scale to 0 Notes The in-game option only sets it to its lowest setting.

Input

Mouse settings.

Key rebinding for movement.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		One key per action.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Presets and full rebinding.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Also natively supports DualSense and DualSense proprietary features when connected via wire.
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	, Wired, Wireless Adapter not working.

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Simultaneous input is possible, but causes glitches

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

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  Controller settings.

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  Controller sensitivity settings.

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  Controller rebinding.

Audio

Graphics settings.

Accessibility settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, music and voice.
Surround sound		Dolby ATMOS
Subtitles		Option to enable also subtitles for signs.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic				Fan translation by AR Team, download.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Ukrainian

Issues fixed

Washed out colors

Use the -deependark command line argument
Removes the postprocess white effect

Use the -forcenohdr command line argument
Forces HDR off

"Negative" effect occurring randomly throughout gameplay

A problem with the image randomly becoming negative on RTX 4xxx cards has been reported with NVIDIA drivers newer than 522.25.

NVIDIA driver 527.37 contains a fix for this bug, alternatively can be fixed by downgrading to version 522.25 or older.

Heavy stuttering, even at main menu

It seems certain AMD CPUs with asymmetric CCDs (e.g. 7900x3D, 7950x3D) are having severe stuttering issues on Windows due to dynamic core parking.

Set the Windows power plan to High Performance to prevent core parking
May prevent similar issues in other games in the future. Doesn't require installation of additional software. May have unintended side-effects (e.g. increased power draw) and be too drastic of a change to make for a single game (supposedly AMD recommends Windows' Balanced power plan for their asymmetric CPUs).

OR

Use Process Lasso to disable Windows Dynamic Thread Priority Boost for the game's executable

Only applies to Metro Exodus instead of changing the entire PC's power plan. Requires installation of third-party software which has some features locked behind a paywall. Download and install Process Lasso. Launch Metro Exodus. Find MetroExodus.exe in Process Lasso's list of running processes and right-click on it. In the context menu, navigate to CPU Priority -> Current or CPU Priority -> Always and uncheck "Window dynamic thread priority boosts enabled".

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		User Profile, see vorpx forum for introduction

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX	Advanced PhysX can be disabled which just forces the game to use simpler physics still using PhysX. Advanced mode is very performance intensive and requires a game restart to enable to disable.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 (20H2)
Processor (CPU)	Quad Core + Hyperthreading	Octa Core
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Raytracing capable graphics card	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Minimum is for 1080p at 45 FPS, recommended is for 1080p 60 FPS. For higher quality recommendations, see this page.