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Chernobylite Complete Edition cover art

Chernobylite Complete Edition

The Farm 51 · 2021-07-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 28, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Apr 21, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 21, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jul 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2021 (Xbox One), Dec 13, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.

Chernobylite Complete Edition is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2021, estimated to have 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners, priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 15567 reviews).

31
playing now
82%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (50 ratings)
3.80★
PlayStation Store rating (6,481 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Chernobylite is a 2021 first-person shooter survival horror video game developed by Polish game developer The Farm 51 and published by All in! Games. The game is set in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where the player's objective is to explore, as Ukrainian physicist Igor Khymynuk, and find his fiancée in the radioactive wasteland. It was released for Windows in July 2021, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in September 2021, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in April 2022, and Nintendo Switch in December 2024. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 31 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 524 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~66/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,495 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 312k–702k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,611 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at GamesPlanet US (2025-07-25) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 51 of 115 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20192026Week of 2019-10-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,301 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

104192026-09-15 12:00 — 55 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 63 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 21 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 64 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 101 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 28 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 50 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 74 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 23 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 50 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 72 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 38 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 60 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 63 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 64 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 54 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 25 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 76 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 68 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 28 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 45 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
86618Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 173 · peak 809Jan 2020 — avg 28 · peak 91Apr 2020 — avg 36 · peak 130Jul 2020 — avg 29 · peak 88Oct 2020 — avg 27 · peak 152Jan 2021 — avg 30 · peak 76Apr 2021 — avg 123 · peak 770Jul 2021 — avg 365 · peak 3,410Oct 2021 — avg 175 · peak 493Jan 2022 — avg 176 · peak 501Apr 2022 — avg 114 · peak 473Jul 2022 — avg 111 · peak 306Oct 2022 — avg 90 · peak 362Jan 2023 — avg 150 · peak 534Apr 2023 — avg 113 · peak 496Jul 2023 — avg 128 · peak 312Oct 2023 — avg 63 · peak 194Jan 2024 — avg 104 · peak 276Apr 2024 — avg 61 · peak 160Jul 2024 — avg 73 · peak 186Oct 2024 — avg 102 · peak 285Jan 2025 — avg 116 · peak 349Apr 2025 — avg 88 · peak 253Jul 2025 — avg 56 · peak 131Oct 2025 — avg 75 · peak 204Jan 2026 — avg 56 · peak 137Apr 2026 — avg 52 · peak 142Jul 2026 — avg 55 · peak 131Aug 2026 — avg 59 · peak 160
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$5.992019-10-162026-10-152019-10-16 — best price $29.992020-01-13 — best price $25.052020-02-12 — best price $24.542020-05-25 — best price $17.992020-12-21 — best price $22.492021-10-21 — best price $23.992022-01-05 — best price $29.992022-05-02 — best price $26.272022-08-07 — best price $29.992022-11-15 — best price $29.992023-01-20 — best price $14.992023-03-02 — best price $29.992023-05-03 — best price $11.992023-07-17 — best price $13.492023-08-25 — best price $11.992023-11-07 — best price $13.492024-01-10 — best price $29.992024-03-08 — best price $11.992024-05-29 — best price $29.992024-08-26 — best price $9.892024-12-06 — best price $29.992025-02-27 — best price $29.992025-04-14 — best price $21.412025-07-23 — best price $5.992025-10-07 — best price $5.992026-01-01 — best price $29.992026-03-04 — best price $5.992026-05-08 — best price $29.992026-07-17 — best price $29.992026-09-04 — best price $29.992026-09-19 — best price $5.992026-10-04 — best price $29.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

143602026-06-01 — 84 pageviews2026-06-05 — 117 pageviews2026-06-09 — 106 pageviews2026-06-13 — 84 pageviews2026-06-17 — 101 pageviews2026-06-21 — 82 pageviews2026-06-25 — 80 pageviews2026-06-29 — 96 pageviews2026-07-03 — 88 pageviews2026-07-07 — 107 pageviews2026-07-11 — 83 pageviews2026-07-15 — 115 pageviews2026-07-19 — 109 pageviews2026-07-23 — 93 pageviews2026-07-27 — 100 pageviews2026-07-31 — 81 pageviews2026-08-04 — 143 pageviews2026-08-08 — 114 pageviews2026-08-12 — 71 pageviews2026-08-16 — 98 pageviews2026-08-20 — 125 pageviews2026-08-24 — 104 pageviews2026-08-28 — 100 pageviews2026-09-01 — 125 pageviews2026-09-05 — 128 pageviews2026-09-09 — 93 pageviews2026-09-13 — 109 pageviews2026-09-17 — 88 pageviews2026-09-21 — 99 pageviews2026-09-25 — 83 pageviews2026-09-29 — 92 pageviews2026-10-03 — 94 pageviews2026-10-07 — 96 pageviews2026-10-11 — 97 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
75%
earned "Black mask wearing mother******"
19.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing10 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Ukrainian…

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2021-07-28, latest 2024-05-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,91914%35

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGHorrorSci-fiStealthCraftingSurvivalAdventureSimulationAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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