Moscow Metro · Folio
METRO 2039 Wiki
The year is 2039. Moscow’s Metro is no longer a patchwork of rival stations. It is a regime. This wiki tracks what 4A Games has actually shown, then turns those details into practical pages for players who want to survive the tunnels instead of guessing at them.
What we know right now
- Release
- February 2027
- Developer
- 4A Games
- Publisher
- Deep Silver
- Platforms
- PS5, Xbox Series, PC
- Mode
- Single-player FPS
- Setting
- Moscow Metro, 2039
A darker Metro, told from a Ukrainian studio
METRO 2039 is the next mainline first-person shooter from 4A Games, the Kyiv-founded studio that built Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light and Metro Exodus on its own 4A Engine. Deep Silver publishes. The game returns the series to post-nuclear Moscow four years after Exodus and follows a new voiced protagonist known only as The Stranger. Official materials describe a claustrophobic, story-driven campaign that mixes exploration, stealth, survival and close-range violence rather than a multiplayer sandbox.
The fiction is original to 4A, written in collaboration with novelist Dmitry Glukhovsky. It is not an adaptation of a single Metro book. That matters for searchers who type “Metro 2039 book” and expect a novel-to-game map. Read the story of The Stranger, the Hunter dossier and the Novoreich primer before you assume this is Artyom’s next chapter. 4A has also said the invasion of Ukraine reshaped the project: the theme is no longer only “prevent a war,” it is the cost of silence, tyranny and the price of a future.
Hands-on coverage from gamescom 2026 is consistent on one point. METRO 2039 does not hold your hand. There is no comforting minimap pin. Filters still tick on a watch you have to look at. Inventory means putting a backpack on the floor. If you want a rehearsal for that pressure, start with how to play METRO 2039 and keep the filter timer open in another tab.
Official stills
Guides
Play the tunnels, not the HUD
Preview sessions throw you into a station office, then out into mutant streets and bandit houses with almost no tutorial chrome. These guides translate that footage into habits: when to sneak, when to spend a round, when to drop the pack and craft, and how to keep a filter alive long enough to reach the next hatch.
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How to play METRO 2039
Campaign loop, diegetic UI and what a new Ranger should actually do in the first hour.
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Survival and radiation
Gas mask, filters, watch beeps, cobwebs, light discipline and why the surface hates hesitation.
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Stealth and combat
No crosshair, family-pack mutants, retrievable knives and when going loud is a tax you cannot afford.
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Stealth guide
Renegade infiltration, Sevastopolskaya, knives that pay rent.
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Crafting and blueprints
Metal, chemicals, attachment parts, workbenches and why a wet sewer can lock you out of a craft.
Gear
Makeshift guns, a ticking watch, a hungry mask
The Hunter gameplay reel showed the Shatun firing in anger. Preview writers came back talking about double-barrel shotguns, iron sights instead of a floating reticle, and a bracer that is compass, Geiger and countdown at once. Gear pages stay with confirmed kit, not wishlist fan-fiction.
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METRO 2039 weapons
Shatun, shotguns, throwing knives and ammo types that actually showed up on camera.
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The Shatun
Pneumatic rifle named in the Hunter reel, still a camera log not a DPS table.
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Helmet, mask and bracer
Spartan visor, UV light, lighter, folio map and the watch that decides if you leave a room alive.
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Items and resources
Filters, medkits, metal, chemicals and the rare parts that feed weapon attachments.
Lore
The Spartan who became a Fuhrer
Hunter is not a new name to Metro veterans. In 2039 he wears a perverted Spartan uniform and runs the Novoreich, a single banner over stations that used to fight each other. The Stranger is a recluse pulled back into a city he swore off. These pages separate trailer poetry from series history.
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Who is The Stranger?
Voiced lead, nightmares, exile, and why 4A says you do not need Artyom’s full story first.
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Hunter and the Fuhrer myth
From first Spartan to regime icon: posters, statues, training films and the hunt for Kaban.
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The Spartan Order
A burned myth, a helmet relic, and the uniform Hunter turned into a regime.
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Novoreich explained
Propaganda, occupied stations, a war sold as salvation on the surface, and what “unity” costs.
World
Stations that still breathe, streets that do not
Sevastopolskaya is the first named hub of the new campaign: a shelter drowning in Fuhrer posters. Above it, thawing but still irradiated Moscow. 4A calls the set dressing Frozen Stories — objects placed as if someone just left, or never left. The map pages are a field notebook, not a spoiler atlas.
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METRO 2039 map notes
No waypoint pin. A handwritten folio. How orientation actually works in preview builds.
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Sevastopolskaya Station
The Renegade trailer hub: shops, rumours, Novoreich grip and the door back to the surface.
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Surface Moscow
Thaw, radiation, nosalis packs, ruined pharmacies and why filters die faster in the open.
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Tunnels
Why 4A sent the series back under Moscow and how horror rooms work.
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Mutants
Pack hunters, armored hides, and why the first shot is a tax.
Release
February 2027, four storefronts, one helmet
The window tightened from “winter” to February 2027 after the Hunter gameplay trailer. Xbox Play Anywhere is confirmed. Steam, Epic, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series launch together. The Collector’s Edition is a limited, full-scale replica of The Stranger’s Spartan helmet. Price and full contents are still unlisted.
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METRO 2039 release date
From April 2026 reveal to the February 2027 lock, plus what is still TBA.
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Platforms and PC notes
PS5, Xbox Series, Steam, Epic, Play Anywhere, and the ray-tracing hardware comment from 4A.
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Editions and helmet replica
What is confirmed for the Collector’s Edition and what rumours you should ignore for now.
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gamescom 2026
Renegade trailer, Hall 9.1 helmet, one million wishlists.
Review
Preview consensus, not a review score
The game is unreleased. Scores do not exist yet. What does exist is a tight cluster of gamescom hands-ons: IGN, Xbox Wire, Screen Rant, Metro, Gamereactor. They agree on tension, craft, and a refusal to soften the series. Our preview desk is a reading of those sessions, not a fake 9/10.
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METRO 2039 preview roundup
What multiple outlets played, where they agree, and which claims are still only one demo long.
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METRO 2039 vs Metro Exodus
Back to the tunnels, a voiced lead, a fascist Metro, and what Exodus players should unlearn.
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gamescom hands-on
Late-August booth notes from Metro, Eurogamer, PC Gamer and others.
Tools
Rehearse the watch before February
A filter that dies in a boss puddle is not a lore problem, it is a planning problem. The timer on this wiki copies the series watch so you can feel five minutes in your hands. The controls page maps Exodus muscle memory onto what preview writers actually pressed.
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Filter timer tool
Start a Ranger-style countdown and practice leaving a fight before the beeps turn into a choke.
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METRO 2039 controls
Keyboard watch check, backpack craft, folio map, lighter, and the gaps 4A has not listed yet.
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All player tools
Timer, control sheet and how we will expand this desk after launch day patches.
Frequently asked questions
+ When does METRO 2039 come out?
Deep Silver and 4A Games have locked the launch window to February 2027 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC. An exact day inside February has not been published. Track the release date page as storefronts update.
+ Do I need to play Metro Exodus first?
Official FAQ copy says METRO 2039 is a fair jumping-on point: new lead, new supporting cast. Legacy players will catch extra weight around Hunter and Sparta. If you want the connective tissue, read METRO 2039 vs Exodus.
+ Is METRO 2039 based on a Glukhovsky novel titled 2039?
No. The game is an original 4A story written with Glukhovsky’s involvement. It is inspired by the Metro books, not mapped chapter-for-chapter from one of them. Start with The Stranger rather than a novel wiki.
+ Which languages are confirmed?
Steam currently lists full English interface, audio and subtitles. 4A has separately talked about Ukrainian support. Russian is listed as not supported. Other localizations remain unconfirmed on the store page, which is why this wiki ships English plus German, French and Spanish editorial translations.
+ Is there a Collector’s Edition?
Yes. The confirmed centerpiece is a wearable, full-scale replica of The Stranger’s Spartan helmet, built from the in-game model. Pre-orders open later in 2026 in limited numbers. Full box contents and price are still TBA on the editions page.