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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

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.

39,154
playing now
80%
positive of 139k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13,044
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (143 ratings)
72h
to beat · rushed 37h · completionist 123h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

39,154 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 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

Thriving
  • · 39,154 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 1,730 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~216/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (35,204 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8M–6.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 138,658 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$41.99-30%
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 84 of 122 observed days (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: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 24 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

41k3.0k2026-08-06 21:00 — 4,007 players2026-08-08 09:00 — 4,194 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 5,047 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 2,997 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 6,960 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 11,587 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 24,338 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 27,883 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 14,426 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 36,724 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 19,836 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 29,929 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 40,704 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 12,226 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 24,406 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 28,504 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 11,457 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 30,367 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 14,276 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 16,402 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 34,550 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 10,111 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 24,042 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 20,017 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 12,129 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 29,638 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 13,034 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 24,640 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 36,001 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 13,396 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 36,107 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 39,154 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#72#892026-08-212026-08-302026-08-21 — #892026-08-22 — #762026-08-23 — #722026-08-24 — #722026-08-25 — #722026-08-26 — #732026-08-27 — #762026-08-28 — #762026-08-29 — #772026-08-30 — #77
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
4894892026-08-212026-08-302026-08-21: 489 new positive2026-08-21: 59 new negative2026-08-22: 305 new positive2026-08-22: 67 new negative2026-08-23: 241 new positive2026-08-23: 74 new negative2026-08-24: 249 new positive2026-08-24: 80 new negative2026-08-25: 169 new positive2026-08-25: 60 new negative2026-08-26: 186 new positive2026-08-26: 49 new negative2026-08-27: 161 new positive2026-08-27: 44 new negative2026-08-28: 148 new positive2026-08-28: 31 new negative2026-08-29: 178 new positive2026-08-29: 65 new negative2026-08-30: 194 new positive2026-08-30: 47 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$27.992021-06-132026-08-262021-06-13 — 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 $59.992026-08-26 — best price $41.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.6k3372026-05-18 — 534 pageviews2026-05-21 — 427 pageviews2026-05-24 — 478 pageviews2026-05-27 — 458 pageviews2026-05-30 — 444 pageviews2026-06-02 — 425 pageviews2026-06-05 — 485 pageviews2026-06-08 — 547 pageviews2026-06-11 — 488 pageviews2026-06-14 — 457 pageviews2026-06-17 — 410 pageviews2026-06-20 — 337 pageviews2026-06-23 — 376 pageviews2026-06-26 — 398 pageviews2026-06-29 — 377 pageviews2026-07-02 — 373 pageviews2026-07-05 — 432 pageviews2026-07-08 — 381 pageviews2026-07-11 — 440 pageviews2026-07-14 — 369 pageviews2026-07-17 — 426 pageviews2026-07-20 — 374 pageviews2026-07-23 — 601 pageviews2026-07-26 — 440 pageviews2026-07-29 — 524 pageviews2026-08-01 — 420 pageviews2026-08-04 — 494 pageviews2026-08-07 — 460 pageviews2026-08-10 — 470 pageviews2026-08-13 — 458 pageviews2026-08-16 — 663 pageviews2026-08-19 — 791 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,582 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

17k5622026-08-20 13:12 — 9,524 viewers2026-08-20 17:12 — 5,365 viewers2026-08-20 21:12 — 7,024 viewers2026-08-21 11:12 — 2,936 viewers2026-08-21 17:12 — 3,746 viewers2026-08-21 23:12 — 4,523 viewers2026-08-24 15:12 — 10,848 viewers2026-08-25 14:12 — 10,279 viewers2026-08-26 13:12 — 9,191 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 11,391 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 2,273 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 2,019 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 1,151 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 2,015 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 2,299 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 3,588 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 2,744 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 1,586 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 1,129 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 2,204 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 6,552 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 1,939 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 748 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 653 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 785 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 4,142 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 11,553 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 12,298 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 2,122 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 1,132 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 707 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 1,102 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 2,522 viewers2026-08-30 14:12 — 10,883 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 13,044 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…

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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