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Metro 2033 (2010)

Metro 2033 cover
Developer
4A Games
Publisher
THQ
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Genres
Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Rating
4.1 of 5, 875 player ratings
Main story
about 10 hours
Completionist
about 27 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A bleak, atmospheric journey through Moscow's irradiated underground where tension and survival define every step.

darkatmosphericsurvival horrorpost-apocalyptictenseimmersivegritty

About

Metro 2033 is a first-person shooter with survival horror elements, based on the Russian book of the same name by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Most of the game takes place underground, but several times Artyom will have to venture outside, into the perpetual nuclear winter. Game progression is fairly linear, though areas may be explored more thoroughly for items and ammunition. Setpieces include a few on-rails sequences, missions that involve defending a location from an onslaught of monsters, and others. A few stages can be completed in a stealthy fashion.

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Screenshots

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