Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl exceeds 6 million players

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By Rita Ora

The Ukrainian study GSC Game World has celebrated that more than 6 million players They have visited the anomalous exclusion zone of Chernobil where the action of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is developed. This figure is reached four months after the launch of the game in Xbox Series and PC through Steam, Epic Games Store and Gog.

A couple of days after Stalker 2 went on sale in November 2024, GSC Game World said the title had managed to sell more than one million units worldwide, but now he has preferred to talk about players instead of copies. This metric includes Game Pass users, a subscription service where the game is available from day one. It is unknown four months later how many units the shooter In the first person, but it seems that we are faced with a new sign that the subscription model and traditional purchase can coexist.

Stalker 2 was a very well received game, but since its launch it has been weighed by some bugs and performance problems. The updates and patches that GSC Game World has since liberated are well known for the number of improvements that apply and errors that solve. For example, patch 1.2 launched in mid-February addresses more than 1,700 corrections or adjustments in different aspects of the game, including locations, missions, performance, history, AI, A-Life 2.0 system …

Stalker 2's future is to receive more updates with error improvements and corrections, and expand its history with the two expansions included in the seasonal pass. For now there are no details about this additional content. On the other hand, we have the possible launch of the game in PlayStation 5, which will depend on the time that exclusivity lasts in console. However, today GSC Game World has not announced any version for PS5, so those interested should resort to Xbox, PC or Game Pass.