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Metro Awakening

Vertigo Games · Published by Vertigo Games · Official site ↗

Content notice: The game contains gunplay combat. Blood splatter and corpses appear in the environment. There are alcohol and tobacco references throughout the game in the form of insinuated consumption.

Mostly Positive — 74% positive (3,595 reviews) · Metacritic 78 · 26 achievements

Last updated 27 Sept 2026

Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet. Don your gas mask, brave the crippling radiation and venture into the depths of the Metro where threats haunt your every step.

£24.99

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4 Sept 2026Lowest: £24.99 · Highest: £24.9911 Oct 2026

Action, Adventure · 2024 · More £15 - £30 games

Embark on a story-driven journey through the irradiated tunnels of the Metro, where every step is fraught with danger. Put on your gas mask and prepare for an immersive experience from Vertigo Games that combines exploration, stealth, and intense combat.

About this game

Digital Deluxe Edition

Metro Awakening Deluxe Edition includes:

  • Memories of Polyanka:

    • Nosalis Hide Backpack

    • Nosalis Skeletal Gloves

    • Nosalis Toy Charm

    • The fallen Patch

  • Concept Art Gallery


About the Game

Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built exclusively for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet.

The year is 2028

The survivors of nuclear Armageddon cling to existence in the buried subways of the Moscow Metro – civilization’s last refuge and tomb, where ghosts and spirits haunt the living in this man-made purgatory.

You are Serdar, a doctor braving the darkness, crippling radiation and deadly threats of the Metro in the search for your wife and the medication she so desperately needs. As your courage and sanity are pushed to the limit you must learn to walk the line between life and death, the spirit and the material world, and awaken the being you will become…

Features:

  • Lose yourself in a journey of spiritual awakening in this chilling, supernatural origins story from Metro creator Dmitry Glukhovsky

  • Experience Metro’s tense, heart-pounding gameplay in VR for the first time as you put on your mask, ammo and filters run low and your torchlight flickers and dies in the darkness

  • Wield a signature arsenal of hand-made weapons, don your gas mask, and venture into the depths of the Metro where desperate bandits, mutants, and worse haunt your every step

System Requirements

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Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 - 64 bit
  • Processor: Intel 9th gen i7 (i7-9700)
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: RTX-2070 8GB
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • VR Support: Oculus Rift, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3 Family, HTC VIVE, HTC VIVE PRO and HTC VIVE PRO 2 and Index

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Supported Languages

English*, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Czech, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian
*languages with full audio support

Latest news

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