GSC Game World

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

Year 2012. Six years passed since the time of the Second catastrophe to have made the April events of 1986 fade. The game is set in the Chernobyl exclusion zone which turned from a destiny-breaker place into a threat to all mankind. The Zone is reluctant to open up its mysteries and needs to be forced to do it. It is a rare hero who can reach the very heart of the Zone onto find out what danger awaits him there. A danger which, compared to marauders and enemy groupings, all monsters and anomalies, will seem a mere preparation to the meeting with something more fatal and threatening. But for now… get ready, hero. Collect artefacts and trade, grope your path and keep an eye on the rear, catch roentgens and fight – only make sure you survive! And then, perhaps, if you are persistent and truly lucky, you will find out why all this had fallen on you.

• Shooter
• RPG
• 2007

Released

23 March 2007

Developer

GSC Game World

Publisher

THQ

Engine

X-Ray Engine

Perspective

First person

Age rating

PEGI 16 · ESRB M

Metacritic

82/100

Steam recommendations

38,024

Platforms

PlayStation 4 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch

Genres

Shooter · Role-playing (RPG)

Also known as

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl · S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Тень Чернобыля · SSoC · STALKER SoC

Estimated owners

1,000,000–2,000,000 (est.)