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

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

Developers
	GSC Game World
Publishers
	GSC Game World
Retail	Koch Media
Engines
	Unreal Engine 5
Release dates
Windows	December 8, 2022
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Genres	FPS, Immersive sim, Open world
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Horror, Eastern Europe
Series	S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl	2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky	2008
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat	2009
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha (Unofficial)	2014
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl	2024
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl Enhanced Edition	2025
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Enhanced Edition	2025
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat Enhanced Edition	2025

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a singleplayer first-person FPS, immersive sim and open world game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Contains only a download code.
Official website		Choice between Epic Games or Steam key. Deluxe and Ultimate Edition also available.
Epic Games Store		Deluxe and Ultimate Edition also available.
		Deluxe and Ultimate Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe and Ultimate Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe and Ultimate Edition also available.
Microsoft Store (unavailable)		Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1643320/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1643320/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR experience can be improved using: RenoDX See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Ukrainian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

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System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-7600K AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		Intel Core i7-9700K AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB		16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	150 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM		Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8 GB) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11 GB) AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB)