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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition

GSC Game World · 2025-05-20

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ActionAdventureRPG

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

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

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl, the first chapter of the Legends of the Zone Trilogy, which started it all.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition is a 2025 Action, Adventure, RPG game priced at $13.39, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mixed reviews (62% of 8675 reviews).

239
playing now
63%
positive of 8.8k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
twitch viewers (latest)
2.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
39/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
28
Nexus mods (25k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.39
steam price (US)

239 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition trailer thumbnail

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≈87,271 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 239 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 298 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,979 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 176k–397k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,821 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.01 at GameBillet (2025-12-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 57 of 90 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20252026Week of 2025-05-20: 1,340 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 1,639 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 203 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 432 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

322582026-09-15 02:00 — 113 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 134 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 293 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 118 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 179 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 255 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 103 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 97 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 229 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 152 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 70 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 167 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 144 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 74 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 218 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 259 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 90 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 127 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 260 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 96 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 216 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 282 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 96 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 239 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k145May 2025Aug 2026May 2025 — avg 1,259 · peak 3,098Jun 2025 — avg 393 · peak 1,181Jul 2025 — avg 226 · peak 461Aug 2025 — avg 208 · peak 436Sep 2025 — avg 187 · peak 377Oct 2025 — avg 182 · peak 414Nov 2025 — avg 194 · peak 405Dec 2025 — avg 179 · peak 359Jan 2026 — avg 171 · peak 374Feb 2026 — avg 167 · peak 359Mar 2026 — avg 145 · peak 324Apr 2026 — avg 171 · peak 417May 2026 — avg 202 · peak 458Jun 2026 — avg 159 · peak 312Jul 2026 — avg 169 · peak 342Aug 2026 — avg 189 · peak 446
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$10.012025-05-202026-08-212025-05-20 — best price $19.992025-06-19 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $16.992025-07-11 — best price $15.892025-08-02 — best price $14.992025-08-11 — best price $16.992025-08-18 — best price $13.992025-08-29 — best price $15.892025-09-05 — best price $13.992025-09-15 — best price $13.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-10-13 — best price $13.992025-10-28 — best price $13.992025-11-18 — best price $15.892025-12-01 — best price $14.692025-12-05 — best price $10.012025-12-11 — best price $13.992025-12-23 — best price $12.202026-01-06 — best price $19.992026-01-21 — best price $19.992026-02-03 — best price $17.792026-02-12 — best price $13.392026-02-20 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $13.392026-03-29 — best price $11.892026-04-08 — best price $18.992026-04-20 — best price $11.692026-04-27 — best price $18.992026-05-08 — best price $10.962026-05-22 — best price $19.992026-06-17 — best price $13.392026-06-30 — best price $19.992026-07-18 — best price $18.992026-08-19 — best price $12.492026-08-21 — best price $11.96
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

402026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 2 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
85.6%
earned "You're finally awake..."
14%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopAdjustable DifficultyDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam Cloud

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,82813%44

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-fiShooterSurvivalAdventureLore-RichRealisticAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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