The series is based on the novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and influenced by the 1979 film Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky which was itself adapted from Roadside Picnic.

Welcome to the former exclusion territory near the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant… the most dangerous place on Earth. Play as The Marked One, face sinister mysteries, radiation-soaked …

Experience one-of-a-kind gameplay, featuring the elements of a first-person shooter, immersive sim, and horror. Play a major part in a non-linear story that unfolds in the setting of local post-apocalyptic dark …

Embrace the solitude and haunting desolation of these radioactive and anomalous lands — as they are your only trustworthy companions on your expedition into a dark science-fiction world. Good Hunting, …

The central character is a "stalker," a man who makes a living by illegally escorting people through a restricted area to The Room, a place where their greatest wish will supposedly come true.

Mar 26, 2026 · Stalker 2: Cost of Hope Is 'A Massive Nonlinear Expansion Packed With Dozens of Hours of Gameplay' The middle chapter of the "second trilogy."

Read Full Review Eurogamer by Brendan Caldwell 3 / 5 Full of anomalies in more ways than one, Stalker 2 is a mess of bugs and jank that nonetheless stays faithful to the open world survival …

May 17, 2025 · Here are all the STALKER games in order from 2007 to the present day. From janky 2007 gunfights to massive, seamless worlds built with photogrammetry and real-time AI, the series …

Mar 26, 2026 · Games FPS Stalker 2 Stalker 2's first major story expansion is coming this summer with two new regions and 'dozens of hours of gameplay' News By Andy Chalk published March 26, 2026

Mar 26, 2026 · GSC announces the first major STALKER 2 story expansion with a promise of dozens of hours' worth of new content, all set to arrive later in 2026.