All S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games in order, from Clear Sky to Heart of Chornobyl

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I’ve been a huge fan of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games ever since the first one came out in 2007. What really grabbed me was how immersive and creepy the world around Chornobyl was – it just felt so real! The games combine survival horror, shooting, and a little bit of RPG stuff, and they all tell connected stories from different viewpoints within that same dangerous place.

I always got a little confused with the timeline, though. So, I was really glad to find a list that shows all the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games in both the order they happen in the game world and the order they were actually released. It’s super helpful for understanding how everything connects and how the series has grown over the years.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

  • Release date:
    August 22, 2008
4(3 reviews)

Platforms:

  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
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What it’s about: Year 2011. Five years passed since the Second Disaster, which eclipsed the events of April 1986. The Zone is shaken by frequent and powerful blowouts, which move anomaly fields, opening new routes to previously inaccessible locations. Stalker factions fight for the new territories and key points. A lot of stalkers die, but newbies keep on arriving. The action takes place one year prior to the events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, one year before Strelok’s most successful trip to the center of the Zone – the third one. You will learn about Strelok and his squad from another character’s vantage point. The Zone is waiting for you ahead, new locations and unknown threats, spatial holes and monsters hiding in the fog, pitch-black nights and saving rays of a rising sun. Try to avoid anomalies and hide from blowouts, discover the Zone and collect artifacts, cure radioactive irradiation and fight for any stalker faction you like! Only then you will uncover the truth about Strelok and how he happened to get inside the death truck and receive the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. tattoo on his arm.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

  • Release date:
    March 23, 2007
4(2 reviews)

Platforms:

  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
More info

What it’s about: Year 2012. Six years passed since the time of the Second catastrophe to have made the April events of 1986 fade. The game is set in the Chernobyl exclusion zone which turned from a destiny-breaker place into a threat to all mankind. The Zone is reluctant to open up its mysteries and needs to be forced to do it. It is a rare hero who can reach the very heart of the Zone onto find out what danger awaits him there. A danger which, compared to marauders and enemy groupings, all monsters and anomalies, will seem a mere preparation to the meeting with something more fatal and threatening. But for now… get ready, hero. Collect artefacts and trade, grope your path and keep an eye on the rear, catch roentgens and fight – only make sure you survive! And then, perhaps, if you are persistent and truly lucky, you will find out why all this had fallen on you.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

  • Release date:
    October 2, 2009
4(3 reviews)

Platforms:

  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
More info

What it’s about: The events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat unfold shortly after the end of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Having discovered about the open path to the Zone center, the government decides to hold a large-scale military “Fairway” operation aimed to take the CNPP under control. According to the operation’s plan, the first military group is to conduct an air scouting of the territory to map out the detailed layouts of anomalous fields location. Thereafter, making use of the maps, the main military forces are to be dispatched. Despite thorough preparations, the operation fails. Most of the avant-garde helicopters crash. In order to collect information on reasons behind the operation failure, Ukraine’s Security Service sends their agent into the Zone center. From now on, everything depends on you.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

  • Release date:
    November 20, 2024
4(2 reviews)

Platforms:

  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox Series X|S
More info

What it’s about: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is the unforgiving FPS survival adventure in a dark science-fiction open world. Scavenge for gear and resources, hunt for wonders, make hard decisions to survive and pave the path through the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone.

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