The Release Date and System Requirements of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Revealed

Barrie Moore -

GSC Game World has opened pre-orders for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl. Pre-orders are now available on Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store. The game will have 3 different digital editions and 4 physical editions.

The release date is set for April 28, 2022. At the start, the game will be available on PC, Xbox Series X/S right away. As the developers note, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will provide players with an extensive storyline with many different endings and tough decisions, as well as hundreds of hours of content.

Along with the start of pre-orders, a 5-minute gameplay trailer was released, as well as the system requirements for the game. The technical specifications are not the most friendly.

The minimum requirements are:

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X / Intel Core i5-7600K
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
  • Storage: 150 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: SSD

The recommended requirements are:

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X / Intel Core i7-9700K
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB
  • Storage: 150 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: SSD

This is one of the most anticipated games and the continuation of the popular shooter series of the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World (by 2010, more than four million copies of all games in the series were sold).