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Metro Awakening

First-person VR shooter searching Moscow's post-apocalyptic subway for medicine

Vertigo Games · Released Nov 7, 2024

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Reviews
Mostly Positive
72% of 3,165
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
71% of 49 in 30 days
Players
10
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
4 months ago
Jun 18, 2026
Minimum PC
RTX-2070 8GB
16 GB RAM
Full requirements

Metacritic: 78/100 (critic reviews)

What is Metro Awakening?

A single-player, first-person VR adventure set in Moscow's subway tunnels after a nuclear catastrophe. As Serdar, a doctor looking for his wife and the medicine she needs, you explore, use stealth to avoid threats, and fight bandits and mutants with handmade weapons while managing ammunition and gas-mask filters.

For you if...

  • +you want a story-led VR adventure with tense exploration
  • +you enjoy switching between stealth and shooting
  • +you like dark settings with supernatural threats

Not for you if...

  • −you want to play without a VR headset
  • −you avoid dark settings and sudden scares
  • −you expect extensive looting and gun customization

What players say

72% of 3,165 reviews are positive · 71% of 49 in the last 30 days

Players praise the tense atmosphere and hands-on VR details, such as cleaning a gas mask. Others criticize repetitive areas, uneven pacing, and a story they find thin. Recent complaints also describe blurry visuals, awkward item handling, and poor performance.

Players over time

▼ -46% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 29 players on Oct 4, 2026.

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How many players finish Metro Awakening?

13% of Steam players have unlocked «A Man of Great Worth», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Metro Awakening screenshot 1

Metro Awakening system requirements

Minimum: RTX-2070 8GB, 16 GB RAM.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 - 64 bit
Processor
Intel 9th gen i7 (i7-9700)
Graphics
RTX-2070 8GB
Memory
16 GB RAM
DirectX
Version 12

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does Metro Awakening have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Metro Awakening run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

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PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
26
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, VR
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Czech, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian.

Does Metro Awakening use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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