Metro 2039 gameplay revealed
Metro 2039 was revealed with gameplay footage and a 2026 release window, giving a first look at its combat and worldcrafting. (x.com) The roundup that published the reveal also highlighted multiple big‑budget updates in the pipeline, suggesting publishers are frontloading 2026 with marquee sequels and reveals. (x.com)
4A Games has revealed Metro 2039, the next mainline Metro game, with gameplay footage and a winter 2026 release window. (news.xbox.com) The reveal ran on April 16 through Xbox’s First Look showcase, and publisher Deep Silver says the game is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. (news.xbox.com) (blog.playstation.com) 4A Games calls it the fourth mainline entry in the series and says it is set six years after the original Metro game, with a story written in collaboration with author Dmitry Glukhovsky. (blog.playstation.com) (deepsilver.com) The first footage shows the series returning to Moscow’s tunnels and surface ruins, with first-person gunfights, stealth, scavenging, and the gas-mask survival systems that defined earlier Metro games. (xbox.com) (blog.playstation.com) This is the first new core Metro game since Metro Exodus launched in February 2019. Exodus moved the series out of the Moscow metro for long stretches, while Metro 2039 shifts the setting back to the underground city where the books and first games began. (thefpsreview.com) (blog.playstation.com) 4A Games says players control a new voiced protagonist called “The Stranger,” not Artyom, the lead of the earlier games. Xbox’s recap describes a Moscow metro overrun by a fascist regime, with the new story centered on conflict over the future of the survivors underground. (news.xbox.com) (ign.com) The studio also tied the project to current events. Xbox said 4A Games has been open that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reshaped the team’s perspective and changed the tone of the game. (news.xbox.com) Deep Silver’s official page describes Metro 2039 as a single-player first-person shooter built around exploration, survival, combat, stealth, and horror, with wishlisting already live on storefronts. (deepsilver.com) (xbox.com) The timing also places Metro 2039 in an increasingly crowded 2026 slate. IGN’s reveal roundup paired it with other large-budget updates and sequel news, a sign that publishers are using spring showcases to stake out next winter early. (ign.com) For now, the headline is simple: after a seven-year gap since Exodus, Metro is back in Moscow, back underground, and scheduled for winter 2026. (blog.playstation.com) (news.xbox.com)
