For the 15th anniversary: "Metro 2033" free on Steam for a short time

The first-person shooter “Metro 2033 Redux” is currently free: developer 4A Games is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the claustrophobic horror shooter with this free offer. You can add the game to your Steam, GOG or Xbox library for free until April 16 at 5 pm. Once it has settled in there, you can play it permanently for free.

“Metro 2033” is the debut work of the Ukrainian game developer 4A Games. It is based on the books of the same name by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky: after a nuclear war, the survivors have retreated to Moscow's underground metro system, where they fight to survive.

As Artyom, players have to deal with hostile human factions and mutants. The majority of the game takes place in dark metro tunnels, but excursions to the radioactive surface are also on the agenda. “Metro 2033” and its two sequels were praised above all for their macabre game world and immersive gameplay.

Remaster version Redux

“Metro 2033” was released in March 2010. Four years later, 4A Games launched the Redux version, which is now available for free and improves the technology of the first-person shooter, among other things. Steam lists the standard price of “Metro 2033 Redux” as 20 euros, but this is only half the truth: “Metro 2033 Redux” is regularly discounted to just 2 euros. Nevertheless, the game has never been free. Only the standard version without the Redux improvements was temporarily free.

In 2014, 4A Games founded a second studio in Malta, which is still working on the “Metro” series. The remaining studio in Kiev became independent and now operates under the name Reburn. It is working on a first-person shooter called “La Quimera”, which is due to be launched on the market soon. Meanwhile, the 4A Games team in Malta is working on a new “Metro” spin-off, but there is little reliable information on its status.

(dahe)