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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl, the first chapter of the Legends of the Zone Trilogy, which started it all.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
20 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Stalker is such a unqiue and fun game. Decided to give this a go after playing it years ago when it first game out and it's just as good as i remember. The story is great and has a good twist if ur playing it for the…”
“(Sorry for bad English) One of the best games I have ever played, the story has a great start which really hooks you in on who you are playing as and who you want to be by giving him a fresh start (mentally.) The…”
“First time ever playing STALKER. Wanted to respectfully play the OG's to get an appreciation for the series before I play GAMMA. Pro's and Con's... PRO'S -Amazing atmosphere! Its like Fallout rated R. -Gameplay was…”
12 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Mostly the exact same game with some AI upscaling and slightly better visuals, still buggy tho, not recommended”
“First time ever playing STALKER. Wanted to respectfully play the OG's to get an appreciation for the series before I play GAMMA. Pro's and Con's... PRO'S -Amazing atmosphere! Its like Fallout rated R. -Gameplay was…”
“My first playthrough of Stalker! I have always heard these games were very good and I wanted to give it a try for myself, so I got the remastered trilogy. I remember as a kid seeing a review for the third game, Call of…”
8 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Stalker is such a unqiue and fun game. Decided to give this a go after playing it years ago when it first game out and it's just as good as i remember. The story is great and has a good twist if ur playing it for the…”
“(Sorry for bad English) One of the best games I have ever played, the story has a great start which really hooks you in on who you are playing as and who you want to be by giving him a fresh start (mentally.) The…”
“First time ever playing STALKER. Wanted to respectfully play the OG's to get an appreciation for the series before I play GAMMA. Pro's and Con's... PRO'S -Amazing atmosphere! Its like Fallout rated R. -Gameplay was…”
7 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“I literally have no idea how to play this game. I'm just kinda winging it and hoping for the best. Super fun game though!! It also runs well on mediocre modern hardware. I'm not using anything special and I run it on…”
“It's aight. Runs well, plays like SoC, lacks neat Russian homages in a place infinitely stuck in time but quite frankly 90% of you don't speak Russian so it is what it is unless you REALLY need to see red stars…”
“Game performance is good despite my bad rig, controller support is also good, games atmosphere is still there and the gameplay is also very solid as i remember it. My only problem lies in the removal of russian…”
4 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Really good introduction to the zone and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R universe, pretty short game I got 100% in 13hrs. Ending gameplay wise really brings it down but thats par for the course,, worth playing for the story and…”
“the enhanced edition isnt bad at all! zero crashes through the whole game, no performance issues and the game was just as i remember. gsc isnt what they used to be, but this update to an old gem is nothing but great…”
“Not sure what the complaining is with some people.. I had no real issues at all and if you put DLSS on native there isn't much of a blurring problem.. Regardless, the game is an old school classic and was fun to replay.…”
28 of the 96 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Mostly the exact same game with some AI upscaling and slightly better visuals, still buggy tho, not recommended”
“Original games have better ai and way less bugs. The ai don't notice the player majority of the time which makes unfun combat, the bugs are all over the place from despawning bodies after a kill, loot markers containing…”
“Its been almost a year this "enhanced" edition was released, still have plenty of gamebreaking bugs, many things that worked in the original is broken in this edition, also this crashes too frequently. I basically got…”
14 of the 96 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Original games have better ai and way less bugs. The ai don't notice the player majority of the time which makes unfun combat, the bugs are all over the place from despawning bodies after a kill, loot markers containing…”
“Without hesitation the worst FPS i've ever played and a complete embarrassment to the genre. Zero hit detection when shooting enemies and every enemy takes 2-3 clips to kill but can kill you in 3 bullets. Blurry mini…”
“somehow nothing has changed, the artifact system still doesnt work as intended”
14 of the 96 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Devs removed soviet symbols from the Zone and added Ukraine ones. If I knew about it earlier I wouldn't waste my time. I guess someone after Chernobyl incident decided they should decommunize the Zone and ukrainize it…”
“It's not really an enhanced game, it's not complete. It has been censored and injected with particular politics. Censorship and trying to rewrite history or blur it isn't a good practice for any reason.”
“Bought the OG Stalker Trilogy, got the remasters for free. Compared to the OG Stalkers, this was a bad move from GSC. Removed content, censorship and so on, they literally did a remaster just to remove the…”
12 of the 96 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Stalker is such a unqiue and fun game. Decided to give this a go after playing it years ago when it first game out and it's just as good as i remember. The story is great and has a good twist if ur playing it for the…”
“(Sorry for bad English) One of the best games I have ever played, the story has a great start which really hooks you in on who you are playing as and who you want to be by giving him a fresh start (mentally.) The…”
“First time ever playing STALKER. Wanted to respectfully play the OG's to get an appreciation for the series before I play GAMMA. Pro's and Con's... PRO'S -Amazing atmosphere! Its like Fallout rated R. -Gameplay was…”
12 of the 96 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I bought this game when it came out in 2007. Instant love. It was new, and difficult and fresh. I was terrified by it for days when I got into Yantar for the first time. I loved the exploration through the abandoned…”
“My first playthrough of Stalker! I have always heard these games were very good and I wanted to give it a try for myself, so I got the remastered trilogy. I remember as a kid seeing a review for the third game, Call of…”
“Really good introduction to the zone and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R universe, pretty short game I got 100% in 13hrs. Ending gameplay wise really brings it down but thats par for the course,, worth playing for the story and…”
Note: these 96 reviews lean more negative than the game overall — 45% of them recommend it, against 62.2% across all 8,611 reviews.
Counted across 96 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 62.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Having played the original as a kid and coming back to this version, I have had an awesome experience! I haven't run into any bugs and overall the playthrough has been really smooth. Bonus points because I was given this game for owning the old one. 9.5/10”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“strong contender for most pathetic starter pistol in gaming”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl is a great game. However, this Enhanced version is not. It is way too buggy. It could have been great if the devs spent a bit more time working on it. Just get your hands on the original version and add the Zone Reclamation Project (ZRP) mod…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
🌱 GSC Game World May Publisher Sale Is Live on Steam
The Zone traders can wait for your habar — the real-world sale is now live across all GSC Game World games. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1643320/STALKER_2_Heart_of_Chornobyl Whether you are a ve
Hotfix v1.3.2
Fixed loading MODs from filesystem. Fixed a crash when manipulating inventory. Fixed an issue where Healing berill and Anomalous jacket suits increased bleeding instead of decreasing it.
GSC Game World — 30 years on the path
Today, we mark a special date. Not just an anniversary, but another step on a path that began with a dream — and still runs on it. The formula has never changed: an idea, a team, and the conviction th
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy — Enhanced Edition | Patch 1.3.1
Stalkers, Today we are releasing a minor patch to implement a highly anticipated feature, and fight against mutants issues that arrived after Patch 1.3.What is new: Added Nvidia DLSS upscaling technol
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · RPG · Shooter · Exploration · FPS · Immersive Sim · First-Person · Realistic · Atmospheric · Post-apocalyptic · Lore-Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Adjustable Difficulty · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish * , Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 44 |
| Official site | http://stalker-game.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64 Processor: Intel Core i3-7100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX960 4GB / AMD Radeon RX 560 4GB Storage: 12 GB available space Additional Notes: Graphics Preset: LOW | FXAA; Resolution: 1080p; Target FPS: 60