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2010 survival horror first-person shooter video game

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Metro 2033 is a browser game, a Flash application hosted on the social networks VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, and Mail.ru. Officially available only on the PC platform, but in July 2022 a version was released on the HTML5 engine that allows you to play on the phone. Metro 2033 invites you to plunge into the cruel world of the Moscow metro, where survivors of a terrible nuclear disaster live. The player will have exciting journeys through abandoned tunnels full of secrets and dangers, raids on the radioactive surface of dilapidated Moscow, battles with mutants and other stalkers. Grow your bat…

Released
2012
Genres
Tactical
Platforms
Web browser, Android
Game modes
Multiplayer
Engine
HTML5
Franchise
Metro
Developer
Kefir!

Key facts

Developer
4A Games
Publishers
THQ Deep Silver ( Redux )
Director
Andrew Prokhorov
Designer
Viacheslav Aristov
Programmers
Oles Shyshkovstov Alexander Maximchuk Alexei Buinitskiy
Artist
Andrey Tkachenko
Writers
Dmitry Glukhovsky Andrew Prokhorov Viacheslav Aristov
Composers
Alexei Omelchuk Georgiy Beloglazov
Series
Metro
Engine
4A Engine
Platforms
Microsoft Windows Xbox 360 PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Linux macOS Stadia
Release
16 March 2010 Windows , Xbox 360 NA : 16 March 2010 AU : 18 March 2010 EU : 19 March 2010 PlayStation 4 , Xbox One NA : 26 August 2014 EU : 29 August 2014 AU : 4 September 2014 Linux WW : 11 December 2014 OS X WW : 14 April 2015 Nintendo Switch WW : 28 February 2020 Stadia WW : 23 June 2020
Genre
First-person shooter
Mode
Single-player

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Encyclopedic overview

Metro 2033 is a 2010 first-person shooter survival horror video game developed by 4A Games and published by THQ. The story is based on Dmitry Glukhovsky's novel of the same name, where survivors of a nuclear war have taken refuge in the Metro tunnels of Moscow. Players control the silent protagonist Artyom, a man who must save his home station from the dangers lurking within the Metro. In the game, players encounter human and mutant enemies, who can be killed with a variety of firearms. Players must also wear a gas mask to explore areas covered in nuclear radiation, both underground and on the surface.

Metro 2033 was the debut title for 4A Games, whose founders had experience working on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl at GSC Game World. Glukhovsky chose 4A Games to adapt his novel due to the studio's location in Ukraine, and their expertise in developing first-person shooters. Glukhovsky gave the studio much creative freedom. 4A Games focused their efforts on storytelling and atmosphere, intentionally avoiding any multiplayer gameplay to achieve their goal. The game was powered by the studio's own proprietary 4A Engine. It was first announced in 2006 as Metro 2033: The Last Refuge.

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