Metro 2039 Trailer Revealed

4A Games has unveiled *Metro 2039*, the next mainline Metro game, with a first trailer and a winter 2026 release window. (news.xbox.com) The game was revealed April 16 in an Xbox-hosted digital showcase and is coming to Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store. (news.xbox.com) 4A Games said players will control a new voiced protagonist called “The Stranger” in a single-player first-person shooter built around exploration, survival, combat, stealth, and horror. (deepsilver.com) (news.xbox.com) Metro is a post-apocalyptic series set largely in Moscow’s subway tunnels, where survivors of nuclear war live underground and fight over food, territory, and power. The new game returns to that setting after 2019’s *Metro Exodus* took the series beyond the city for much of its story. (deepsilver.com) (thefpsreview.com) The trailer and official synopsis center on a Metro system “united by a single fanatical Spartan leader known as Hunter,” with Moscow described as overrun by a fascist regime. Xbox Wire called it the “darkest chapter yet.” (ign.com) (news.xbox.com) That marks a major shift for the games’ timeline: Hunter was an early mentor figure in *Metro 2033*, and his rise to power puts a familiar character at the center of the new conflict. (thefpsreview.com) (ign.com) 4A Games and publisher Deep Silver are also tying the game’s tone to current events. Xbox Wire said the Ukrainian studio’s experience of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “deeply shaped” the team’s perspective and changed the project. (news.xbox.com) The Metro games are based on the novels of Dmitry Glukhovsky, and several outlets reported that he described this entry as darker than earlier games. (shacknews.com) (kotaku.com) This is the first new mainline Metro in seven years. *Metro Exodus* launched in February 2019, making *Metro 2039* the series’ fourth numbered-era entry after *Metro 2033*, *Metro: Last Light*, and *Exodus*. (thefpsreview.com) (gameempress.com) For now, 4A Games has shown a six-minute reveal video and publisher materials, but no exact launch date. The next marker is winter 2026, when Metro returns to Moscow’s tunnels with a new lead and an old name in charge. (ign.com) (deepsilver.com)