Summary
- Gabe Newell has been playing a lot of STALKER 2 as of late.
- As of early March 2025, Newell was close to unlocking all four of the game’s endings, which is something that few players have managed.
Valve president and co-founder, Gabe Newell, revealed that he has been playing a lot of STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl as of late. His shoutout to the game further underscores STALKER 2‘s global success.
When he’s not gaming or running Valve, Gabe Newell occasionally answers fan emails. Though he’s not exactly soliciting such communications, his work email address leaked online many years ago and he has never bothered changing it, instead opting to engage with fans every once in a while.
In yet another apparent example of this trend, Newell recently allegedly responded to an email inquiring about what he’s been playing as of late. “A bunch of STALKER 2,” he wrote back on March 3, according to a screenshot of his response shared by Twitter user TheCSTimes. While the very existence of this response aligns with Newell’s track record of engaging with fans, Game Rant was unable to verify the authenticity of the email.
Gabe Newell Has Reportedly Unlocked All STALKER 2 Endings
The widely circulated message also saw Newell seemingly reveal he was close to completely beating GSC Game World’s post-apocalyptic shooter as of early March 2025. “I should get the fourth ending tomorrow,” the March 3 email reads, suggesting the Valve co-founder has already seen the entirety of the game’s story as of this writing. Unlocking all four STALKER 2 endings is no simple feat, as even the easiest way of doing so requires replaying the challenging final stretch of the game multiple times. The most common ending, She Will Never Be Free, was only seen by 8.1% of the game’s Steam players, while just 1.7% of STALKER 2 owners on Valve’s storefront unlocked the Today Never Ends ending. Even fewer have likely seen all four endings.
Newell did not clarify on which ending he was yet to unlock as of March 3. STALKER 2 endings can be obtained in any order, as they depend solely on player choices during the game’s final stretch. Anyone looking to follow in Newell’s footsteps without having to replay the game four times can do so by progressing to STALKER 2‘s Legends of the Zone mission and making a manual save—which they’ll revisit whenever they are ready to go for another ending.
After completing STALKER 2, Newell has presumably moved on to something else. “I’ll have to figure out what I’m going to play next,” he revealed in response to his recent fan email. Newell is one of 6 million people who have played STALKER 2 as of early March 2025, when developer GSC Game World shared the game’s latest player count report.
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2025-03-16 12:13