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Metro Awakening

Vertigo Games · 2024-11-07

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Metro · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Nov 07, 2024 (Meta Quest 2), Nov 07, 2024 (SteamVR), Nov 07, 2024 (Meta Quest 3), Nov 07, 2024 (PlayStation VR2)

Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet. Don your gas mask, brave the crippling radiation and venture into the depths of the Metro where threats haunt your every step.

Metro Awakening is an Action and Adventure game released in 2024, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 3558 reviews).

10
playing now
74%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
53/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (491 downloads)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (3,472 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Metro Awakening is a first-person shooter developed by Vertigo Games and published by Deep Silver. As a spin-off game of the Metro franchise and a prequel to Metro 2033, Awakening was released for virtual reality devices, including PlayStation VR2, Meta Quest 2 and 3, Steam VR and Viveport on November 7, 2024.

Trailer

Metro Awakening trailer thumbnail

Metro Awakening Launch Trailer (Official)

≈958,012 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 77 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (866 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 71k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,558 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.89 at Steam (2026-09-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 42 of 68 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
58758720242026Week of 2024-11-05: 587 positiveWeek of 2024-11-05: 279 negativeWeek of 2024-11-12: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-11-12: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-11-19: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-11-19: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-26: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-11-26: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-03: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-03: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-10: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-10: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-17: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-24: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-31: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-12-31: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-01-07: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-14: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5792026-09-16 10:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 38 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 26 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 36 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 46 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 34 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 25 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 25 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 50 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 46 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 31 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 35 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 22 players2026-10-15 08:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
13414Nov 2024Aug 2026Nov 2024 — avg 134 · peak 627Dec 2024 — avg 66 · peak 160Jan 2025 — avg 65 · peak 212Feb 2025 — avg 32 · peak 109Mar 2025 — avg 26 · peak 72Apr 2025 — avg 19 · peak 57May 2025 — avg 14 · peak 37Jun 2025 — avg 20 · peak 61Jul 2025 — avg 19 · peak 43Aug 2025 — avg 15 · peak 40Sep 2025 — avg 15 · peak 48Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 47Nov 2025 — avg 25 · peak 67Dec 2025 — avg 30 · peak 72Jan 2026 — avg 24 · peak 60Feb 2026 — avg 21 · peak 54Mar 2026 — avg 19 · peak 46Apr 2026 — avg 24 · peak 76May 2026 — avg 23 · peak 58Jun 2026 — avg 22 · peak 63Jul 2026 — avg 19 · peak 43Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 52
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$14.992024-09-252026-08-212024-09-25 — best price $39.992024-11-07 — best price $39.992024-12-18 — best price $39.992025-01-02 — best price $39.992025-01-20 — best price $31.992025-02-03 — best price $39.992025-03-01 — best price $27.992025-03-13 — best price $27.992025-04-07 — best price $27.992025-04-26 — best price $39.992025-05-05 — best price $39.992025-05-28 — best price $39.992025-06-20 — best price $23.992025-07-14 — best price $23.992025-07-24 — best price $39.992025-08-11 — best price $23.992025-09-15 — best price $21.992025-10-01 — best price $21.992025-10-23 — best price $21.992025-11-04 — best price $39.992025-11-24 — best price $20.002025-12-11 — best price $19.992025-12-29 — best price $39.992026-01-12 — best price $20.002026-01-26 — best price $39.992026-02-09 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $20.002026-03-18 — best price $39.992026-03-27 — best price $39.992026-04-20 — best price $29.992026-05-07 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $29.992026-06-15 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-29 — best price $14.992026-08-21 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7081112026-05-30 — 205 pageviews2026-06-03 — 193 pageviews2026-06-07 — 659 pageviews2026-06-11 — 249 pageviews2026-06-15 — 172 pageviews2026-06-19 — 181 pageviews2026-06-23 — 160 pageviews2026-06-27 — 265 pageviews2026-07-01 — 185 pageviews2026-07-05 — 254 pageviews2026-07-09 — 216 pageviews2026-07-13 — 145 pageviews2026-07-17 — 120 pageviews2026-07-21 — 167 pageviews2026-07-25 — 126 pageviews2026-07-29 — 113 pageviews2026-08-02 — 126 pageviews2026-08-06 — 111 pageviews2026-08-10 — 137 pageviews2026-08-14 — 117 pageviews2026-08-18 — 155 pageviews2026-08-22 — 178 pageviews2026-08-26 — 708 pageviews2026-08-30 — 297 pageviews2026-09-03 — 371 pageviews2026-09-07 — 234 pageviews2026-09-11 — 150 pageviews2026-09-15 — 154 pageviews2026-09-19 — 164 pageviews2026-09-23 — 154 pageviews2026-09-27 — 156 pageviews2026-10-01 — 192 pageviews2026-10-05 — 176 pageviews2026-10-08 — 205 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
65.3%
earned "Locked and Loaded"
17.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Czech, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-01-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3781%26
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)1,3386%27

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

3DVRFPSDarkActionShooterCold WarCinematicFuturisticStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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