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

GSC Game World · GSC Game World (worldwide) · 2024-11-20

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 20, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 20, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a 2024 Action Adventure RPG priced at $59.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (80% of 141258 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

5,603
playing now
80%
positive of 142k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
156
twitch viewers (latest)
31.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (143 ratings)
1,997
Nexus mods (24M downloads)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (12,186 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 65% recommend · from 133 critics
72h
to beat · rushed 37h · completionist 123h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

5,603 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a 2024 first-person shooter, survival horror video game developed and published by GSC Game World. It is the fourth main game released in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video game series, as well as the first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game in 15 years since the release of Call of Pripyat in 2009.

Trailer

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

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — Official Launch Trailer

≈482,050 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5,603 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,864 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~608/week).
  • · Review velocity up 181% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (35,204 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 8), healthy→thriving (Sep 7), thriving→healthy (Sep 5)

Estimated sales: 2.8M–6.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 142,165 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$41.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $30.10 at AllYouPlay (2025-12-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 76 of 114 observed days · $11.89 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28k28k20242026Week of 2024-11-20: 27,533 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 7,671 negativeWeek of 2024-11-27: 24,200 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 2,562 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 5,634 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 1,067 negativeWeek of 2024-12-11: 2,033 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 593 negativeWeek of 2024-12-18: 2,555 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 820 negativeWeek of 2024-12-25: 1,745 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 659 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,268 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 470 negativeWeek of 2025-01-08: 813 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 347 negativeWeek of 2025-01-15: 585 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 240 negativeWeek of 2025-01-22: 635 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 278 negativeWeek of 2025-01-29: 448 positiveWeek of 2025-01-29: 266 negativeWeek of 2025-02-05: 336 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 209 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 480 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 211 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 302 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 140 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 288 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 138 negativeWeek of 2025-03-05: 252 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-03-12: 320 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 148 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 356 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 274 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 216 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-04-16: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 121 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 218 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 219 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 108 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 132 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 219 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 130 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 89 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 312 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 193 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 272 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 216 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 319 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 137 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 226 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 102 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 113 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 206 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 206 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 100 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 250 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-10-22: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 503 negativeWeek of 2025-11-12: 272 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 188 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 958 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 177 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 1,176 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 146 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 322 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 265 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 396 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 367 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 145 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 453 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 121 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 309 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 216 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 242 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 222 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 240 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 208 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 207 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 159 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 186 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 189 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 184 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 177 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 170 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 1,026 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 377 negativeWeek of 2026-08-26: 770 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 281 negativeWeek of 2026-09-02: 463 positiveWeek of 2026-09-02: 135 negativeWeek of 2026-09-09: 434 positiveWeek of 2026-09-09: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-09-16: 322 positiveWeek of 2026-09-16: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-09-23: 271 positiveWeek of 2026-09-23: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-09-30: 267 positiveWeek of 2026-09-30: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-10-07: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-10-07: 40 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

21k3.4k2026-09-15 11:00 — 10,871 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 7,937 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 6,257 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 5,354 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 4,834 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 6,149 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 8,033 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 10,550 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 14,598 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 16,891 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 16,612 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 12,177 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 6,472 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 9,920 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 14,230 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 6,523 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 8,392 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 15,949 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 5,105 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 6,863 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 16,134 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 6,482 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 4,604 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 9,608 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 6,238 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 5,254 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 15,264 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 8,298 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 3,475 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 7,244 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 11,147 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 4,669 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 6,475 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 11,427 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 5,603 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
65k3.3kNov 2024Aug 2026Nov 2024 — avg 64,879 · peak 120,960Dec 2024 — avg 27,897 · peak 92,762Jan 2025 — avg 12,016 · peak 32,347Feb 2025 — avg 6,539 · peak 15,981Mar 2025 — avg 4,845 · peak 11,002Apr 2025 — avg 4,005 · peak 8,982May 2025 — avg 3,452 · peak 7,461Jun 2025 — avg 3,295 · peak 9,121Jul 2025 — avg 4,228 · peak 9,007Aug 2025 — avg 3,755 · peak 8,301Sep 2025 — avg 3,512 · peak 9,570Oct 2025 — avg 4,521 · peak 10,391Nov 2025 — avg 5,183 · peak 13,049Dec 2025 — avg 6,243 · peak 13,512Jan 2026 — avg 6,155 · peak 14,634Feb 2026 — avg 4,593 · peak 9,825Mar 2026 — avg 3,681 · peak 8,847Apr 2026 — avg 4,607 · peak 10,725May 2026 — avg 4,293 · peak 8,925Jun 2026 — avg 3,536 · peak 7,477Jul 2026 — avg 3,755 · peak 7,644Aug 2026 — avg 10,816 · peak 40,697
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#72#722026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #722026-09-16 — #722026-09-17 — #72
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1671672026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 56 new positive2026-09-15: 7 new negative2026-09-17: 52 new positive2026-09-17: 1 new negative2026-09-18: 55 new positive2026-09-18: 1 new negative2026-09-19: 167 new positive2026-09-19: 2 new negative2026-09-20: 73 new positive2026-09-20: 8 new negative2026-09-21: 58 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 45 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 46 new positive2026-09-24: 8 new negative2026-09-25: 52 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new negative2026-09-26: 51 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 45 new positive2026-09-27: 11 new negative2026-09-30: 35 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 35 new positive2026-10-01: 9 new negative2026-10-02: 76 new positive2026-10-02: 15 new negative2026-10-03: 51 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 57 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new negative2026-10-05: 45 new positive2026-10-05: 8 new negative2026-10-07: 45 new positive2026-10-07: 9 new negative2026-10-08: 47 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 57 new positive2026-10-09: 7 new negative2026-10-10: 41 new positive2026-10-10: 7 new negative2026-10-11: 45 new positive2026-10-11: 11 new negative2026-10-12: 45 new positive2026-10-12: 10 new negative2026-10-13: 32 new positive2026-10-13: 8 new negative2026-10-14: 32 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$27.992021-06-132026-10-142021-06-13 — best price $59.992024-02-11 — best price $49.992024-12-19 — best price $44.992025-01-09 — best price $59.992025-03-26 — best price $50.992025-04-14 — best price $47.992025-05-21 — best price $39.992025-06-04 — best price $59.992025-06-26 — best price $47.992025-07-25 — best price $32.492025-08-09 — best price $59.992025-08-27 — best price $59.992025-09-11 — best price $59.992025-09-25 — best price $41.992025-10-08 — best price $59.992025-11-05 — best price $59.992025-12-01 — best price $59.992025-12-06 — best price $59.992025-12-15 — best price $35.992025-12-23 — best price $30.502026-01-06 — best price $59.992026-01-30 — best price $50.952026-02-12 — best price $41.992026-02-23 — best price $59.992026-03-19 — best price $41.992026-03-29 — best price $35.192026-04-08 — best price $39.992026-04-20 — best price $34.862026-04-28 — best price $50.392026-05-14 — best price $41.992026-05-25 — best price $59.992026-06-17 — best price $41.992026-06-30 — best price $59.992026-07-13 — best price $36.192026-07-31 — best price $27.992026-08-12 — best price $59.992026-09-09 — best price $59.992026-10-14 — best price $41.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.4k3452026-05-18 — 534 pageviews2026-05-22 — 349 pageviews2026-05-26 — 484 pageviews2026-05-30 — 444 pageviews2026-06-03 — 467 pageviews2026-06-07 — 536 pageviews2026-06-11 — 488 pageviews2026-06-15 — 412 pageviews2026-06-19 — 362 pageviews2026-06-23 — 376 pageviews2026-06-27 — 404 pageviews2026-07-01 — 418 pageviews2026-07-05 — 432 pageviews2026-07-09 — 370 pageviews2026-07-13 — 382 pageviews2026-07-17 — 426 pageviews2026-07-21 — 624 pageviews2026-07-25 — 423 pageviews2026-07-29 — 524 pageviews2026-08-02 — 462 pageviews2026-08-06 — 464 pageviews2026-08-10 — 470 pageviews2026-08-14 — 640 pageviews2026-08-18 — 654 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1,401 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,067 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1,046 pageviews2026-09-03 — 746 pageviews2026-09-07 — 769 pageviews2026-09-11 — 645 pageviews2026-09-15 — 503 pageviews2026-09-19 — 468 pageviews2026-09-23 — 471 pageviews2026-09-27 — 504 pageviews2026-10-01 — 488 pageviews2026-10-05 — 518 pageviews2026-10-09 — 470 pageviews2026-10-12 — 469 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.8k442026-09-30 21:34 — 226 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 269 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 120 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 98 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 432 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 205 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 229 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 327 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 131 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 99 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 305 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 205 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 198 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 136 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 164 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 400 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 271 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 120 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 545 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 123 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 432 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 1,015 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 275 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 236 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 178 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 156 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
85.7%
earned "Welcome to the Zone"
16.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudHDR availableFamily Sharing3 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-11-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)27,7390%76
Steam (Steam)21,7450%76
PS5 (PlayStation)3,7330%77

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

FPSRPGActionSci-fiShooterSurvivalLore-RichNonlinearOpen WorldStory 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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