S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - Enhanced Edition
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - Enhanced Edition
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition
Developer GSC Game World
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat follows the story of special service agent Major Degtyarev as he investigates the fate of a lost expedition. From the Steam store page
353 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
177 positive · 57 negative
95% range 70–81%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 177 | 57 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 17 | 1 | 71 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
736 of 1,101 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 176 yes, 56 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 232 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (2,687 of 4,232 positive).
Many players consider Call of Pripyat the best game in the trilogy. [1][2][3][4] Some reviewers praise the enhanced edition for its atmosphere and improved gameplay. [5][6][7] Several players criticize the enhanced edition for bugs, removed content, and AI-generated assets. [8][9][10][11]
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Representative posts
- [8]
“GSC has stripped out nearly all Soviet/Russian assets (map areas, textures, voice acting, currency, etc.), graphics have been downgraded, & mods no longer work. The original game has also been delisted.” Not only do mods no longer work due to the massive changes to the game, which would change all hooks, something not even worth mentioning. But ALSO due to engine AND file-structure changes, and even a different …
- [5]
What began as a rough, uncompromising survival shooter ultimately finds its most confident form here. STALKER Call of Pripyat feels less like another sequel and more like the series finally reaching the version of itself it was always striving for measured, atmospheric, and finely tuned. Set after the events of Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky, the game centers on the fallout of a failed military expedition into …
- [2]
The best part of the trilogy, and even the remaster didn't ruin it. The graphics are blurry and the performance could be better, but at least you CAN PLAY THROUGH it without any major bugs compared to the other "enhanced editions"
- [4]
Actually, I played Call of Pripyat more than 24,2 hours – my very 1st time not on Steam, then x2 the original version on Steam, then x1 Enhanced Edition. And now, my 5th playthrough is over... https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3802844710 In the whole original trilogy, I consider Call of Pripyat the best. Shadow of Chernobyl contains more locations, much more lore. Clear Sky introduces faction …
- [1]
This game is a perfect example a short experience can feel good and even better than some lengthy ones. From the base trilogy. It's the best one in the sense of progression, even story if you may, you can build a small sense of kinship with the squad. However the main story is really short and fast to finish, so sidequest/achievements it's where you explore more of the game. I do think Clear Sky has the best game …
Summarised from 34 of the 333 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
76% of the 232 Steam reviewers we collected recommend S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition. The complaint that keeps coming up: removed Soviet/Russian assets and voice acting. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
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neutral · AI labelView post →S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chornobyl may one day be a great game, but right now it's simply not ready for launch. Poor performance, myriad bugs and numerous under-baked and imbalanced design elements terminally wound the experience. My review: youtu.be/BRCLRAJkqjg?...
negative · AI labelView post →"To everyone who made today possible." - the developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 dedicated the game to all the military who have defended and are defending Ukraine.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: The Heart of Chornobyl by Ukraine’s GSC Game World is out! Developed during the war, with team members fighting (two sadly killed), it’s banned in Russia, labeled “terrorist support.” Did you play the original & are you planning to play the new game?
neutral · AI labelView post →More than two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion delayed its release and upended its developers’ lives, Ukraine’s "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2" — one of the most anticipated video games of the year — was released on Nov. 20.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's going to be bad tomorrow when an entire generation of fans experiences for the first time what playing a S.T.A.L.K.E.R game at launch is like.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s here! 🎮 After 10+ years of waiting, the legendary Ukrainian game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is finally out!
neutral · AI labelView post →Once thought to be Russian, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 now proudly showcases its Ukrainian roots, with GSC Game World actively supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 launches November 20 at 18:00 Kyiv time on PC and Xbox, including Game Pass. (1/9)
neutral · AI labelView post →S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is now on Nvidia’s GeForce Now service. Nvidia says it’s also working with Xbox Game Studios to bring Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 to GeForce Now soon
neutral · AI labelView post →Stalkers! We see that many players have already rated our game, and we are truly grateful for that. If you think the Zone truly deserves this — nominate S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl for Steam Awards! You could vote on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/164...
neutral · AI labelView post →Xbox Partner Preview announced for March 26th - 10 AM PT news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0... -Stranger Than Heaven -S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl -The Expanse: Osiris Reborn -"plus brand-new reveals, world premieres and Xbox Game Pass announcements."
neutral · AI labelView post →“GSC has stripped out nearly all Soviet/Russian assets (map areas, textures, voice acting, currency, etc.), graphics have been downgraded, & mods no longer work. The original game has also been delisted.” Not only do mods no longer work due to the massive changes to the game, which would change all hooks, something not even worth mentioning. But ALSO due to engine AND file-structure changes, and even a different DirectX version. Modifications that alter core game files, such as scripts,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Next game is Chernobylite! This game is an FPS roguelite that gives off some S.T.A.L.K.E.R. vibes! tbh I had seen a little bit of it while it was in early access, but that's all I remember fr lmao I think it'll be cool tho! I dig S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Metro vibes, so I think this'll be a fun game!
neutral · AI labelView post →The studio turned into a rotten inept mimicry of its former self. Not only is it unable to produce something of quality, but actively spouts its bile on the property of others with forced copyright claims leveraged for political reasons. (After half of a year since the "enhanced" version came out, (that delisted original the complete and superior version of the original work) it still cannot launch properly with game being skewed of my monitor and forcing EULA that I cannot even accept…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Intro from "WarCraft 2000: Nuclear Epidemic", a 1998 real time strategy game developed by Ukrainian company GSC Game World who eventually became known for their S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Cossacks game series. #UkrainianVideogames 🇺🇦
neutral · AI labelView post →⚡ S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl takes the top spot on Steam’s paid game charts just days before its highly anticipated release.
neutral · AI labelView post →The developers of the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. helped purchase 100 cargo vans for border guards 💙💛
neutral · AI labelView post →Today I've mostly been playing STALKER 2, which is - two years after its initial release - finally the game that it should have been. No shade on the developers at all. A game of this scope is herculean effort, and they did it in an active warzone. The Ultimate edition is ~£50/$60 right now.
positive · AI labelView post →Really, how petty you gotta be to DMCA strike a small developer's game? Why? Who paid you? Cause clearly it isn't for similarities because if it were why isn't Metro, Stalcraft, Pioneer, Chernobylite, or any of the other "stalker like" games getting a DMCA strike as well? Smells like a bunch of Hooplah over numbers. Ps: Imagine clowning around for nazis. 🤡
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →'S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chornobyl' already sold 1M copies (and much more players on Game Pass).
neutral · AI labelView post →Game designer of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Volodymyr Yezhov, was killed in action near Bakhmut in 2022 after volunteering to fight. He worked on ‘Cossacks 2’ and ‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky’. His talent lives on in a game dedicated to Ukraine’s defenders. Heroes never die. 🇺🇦 #Ukraine #STALKER2
neutral · AI labelView post →ATTENTION S.T.A.L.K.E.R. FANS We just dropped THE STALKER FILES on our game history archive. Over 90 minutes of interviews, event b-roll & footage from inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone filmed in 2006, before the game was released. All in HD. 💙💛 www.youtube.com/@NoclipArchive
neutral · AI labelView post →Some hidden gem demos and games I've found on Steam (2025). I tend to look around Steam for various games and demos that barely anyone knows about. Some of them are actually pretty good and innovative, so I'll list them here. # Demos **The Oversight Bureau** [Link](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4005360/The_Oversight_Bureau__Demo/) There are some major Severance vibes with this one. The premise is this: For reasons unclear, you are a subject in a rehabilitation program, designed to help…
neutral · AI labelView post →S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Hands On Preview and my interview with Igor Dovgoteles, Cinematics Team Lead GSC Game World 4K version: youtu.be/HT02znYZwVk
neutral · AI labelView post →Phenomenal game that I completed on release Unfortunately this edition has some/most of the old bugs, uses AI slop and is also censored for your modern convenience. Member how there was a scandal about icon being poorly fixed? This is gaming equivalent. Original was 11/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Check out this beautiful official page for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly prepared by GSC Game World! 👉 www.stalker-game.com/en/modding/a... There you’ll find instructions for this incredible mod, along with its description, a showcase video, and FAQs. Ready to join the hunt, Stalker?
neutral · AI labelView post →People who hate on this version of the game are straight up tripping on nostalgia & copium. I figured it was inferior based on reviews so I installed the original. It immediately felt awful to play (coming from a lifelong SOC fan). I assumed it was because I had been playing a few weeks messing with Anomaly & GAMMAs & the updated engine, so let me install some mods. Uh yeah, after hours of research and debate, I found the only & most acceptable “upgrade” path to keep the original vanilla was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played the stalker franchise for over 16 years. Ive enjoyed the games so much and have been the biggest supporter of them. However I am done trying to defend them. So I saw this and got excited because to be quite honest I was a little tired using mods to enhance my experience and wanted a fresh playthrough. This was just a quick cash grab. To start the graphics look barely any better than its 2009 version. The combat has not been improved. The weapons look and feel the same and to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DMCA strike to an indie game. Someone needs to teach these clowns a lesson. NOT RECOMMENDED
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only played for the achievements, game looks a bit better but they removed soviet images and used AI to make their "improvements", also they removed classic russian voices. In general play the original, it is much better
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stalker (Сталкер) (1979): Tarkovsky's classic will air on TCM Sunday Oct 26. [Andrei Tarkovsky's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Tarkovsky) haunting classic [Stalker](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1398) (Сталкер) (1979) is a must-see for cinephiles. If you've played the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R., you already have a sense of the 'feel' of this film as both are based on Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's 1972 novel Roadside Picnic. Those two also wrote the screen play, which diverges…
neutral · AI labelView post →'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl' has gone Gold. November 20th on Xbox Series and PC. Also Game Pass.
neutral · AI labelView post →S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy gets a big upgrade and Steam Deck improvements.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ukrainian developers GSC Game World have published a 90-minute documentary about developing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 while under attack from Russia. Microsoft helped make the documentary www.youtube.com/watch?v=28CI...
neutral · AI labelView post →For those curious about which distribution because Linux alone does not mean much, from the description: ``` Windows 11 vs CachyOS gaming benchmark on 8GB RAM + RX 6650 XT 📽️ Captured with Elgato HD60 X (no FPS loss) 🖥️ Test Bench: ○ CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X (Stock) ○ MB: GIGABYTE X570 AUROS ELITE ○ RAM: 1x8GB DDR4 3600MHz CL14 ○ Cooler: HYPER 212 AIR COOLER ○ NVMe: 120GB NVME, 2TB NVME ○ PSU: Corsair RM1000X ○ OS: CachyOS ○ GPU 1: GIGABYTE RX 6650 XT 8GB GDDR6 GAMING OC ○ Drivers: AMD…
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a lazy, overpriced cash grab that offers nothing but bugs, proving once again that free community mods remain the only way to play this classic. Furthermore, the removal of the original Russian voice acting and iconic environmental details has been slammed as unnecessary censorship that strips the game of its soul. Go play the original release instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A message from the GSC Game World (S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2) Team.
neutral · AI labelView post →What began as a rough, uncompromising survival shooter ultimately finds its most confident form here. STALKER Call of Pripyat feels less like another sequel and more like the series finally reaching the version of itself it was always striving for measured, atmospheric, and finely tuned. Set after the events of Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky, the game centers on the fallout of a failed military expedition into the Zone and the unexplained loss of multiple helicopters. The story is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We just rolled out a new patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 with over 1700 improvements, including bug fixes for quests, AI shooting accuracy adjustments, shadows from the player's flashlight, and a lot more! store.steampowered.com/news/app/164...
neutral · AI labelView post →S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 already sold over 1M copies, despite being on Game Pass day 1. Huge success!
neutral · AI labelView post →Ooh, big STALKER 2 patch, addressing the main complaint currently (enemies spawn/despawn well within sniper/binocular range) as well as a ton of other bugfixes. And there's still a second expansion and online multiplayer to come.
neutral · AI labelView post →GSC Game World published a roadmap for 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chornobyl'. Big updates will now release every quarter.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey guys, we just released the next major patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 that includes Night Vision goggles, stealth gameplay improvements, offset aiming, and a lot more! Read full patch notes here - store.steampowered.com/news/app/164... youtu.be/0naul_67_Jw
neutral · AI labelView post →RUSSIANS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE... ...through a Ukrainian game!!! The Ukrainian game 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R,' based around Chornobyl, has become the top selling game in Russia... (1/)
neutral · AI labelView post →Never played a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game before but I think in a few months after some patch fixes and such I'd love to play some S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl offline. Been so long since I've played through campaign game off stream.
positive · AI labelView post →Core game is still excellent, but there are: Poor optimization for the edition: frequent FPS drops (40–50 FPS). 1. AI-upscaled textures, icons; some textures sometimes look worse than in the original. 2. Darkened, blurry lighting. 3. Inconsistent UI (achievement placement, Arial messed up with original CoP font). 4. Certain environmental details (e.g. Soviet-era posters, signs) were removed. I am not a fan of the USSR at all, though the original game is about a canned post-Soviet period…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A true trash remaster ! they added workshop steam but limited the modding tool so players can not enjoy masterpieces like ABR,gunslinger and call of chernobyl they could just update the original games and add achievement and steam workshop but they didn't 4/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Donate $24+ to win: ☢️3 radiation dosimeters; ☢️10 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Ultimate Edition Physical packages with game artifacts. Donate $10+ to win: ☢️one of 20 game keys; ☢️one of 20 limited edition S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl T-shirts. donorbox.org/stalker2-uni...
neutral · AI labelView post →Something different. This time of my favorite game out there! Gotta give S.T.A.L.K.E.R some love too! #Stalker
positive · AI labelView post →S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy gets a big upgrade and Steam Deck improvements #Stalker #SteamDeck #PCGaming #Gaming #LegendsoftheZoneTrilogy
neutral · AI labelView post →The surprise was kinda spoiled, but the 2.1 patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is out now! It has an option to increase A-Life NPC visualization distance, a new fast travel system with squad leaders, and a lot more! Full patch notes - store.steampowered.com/news/app/164... www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRvr...
neutral · AI labelView post →Games leaving Game Pass: - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Football Manager 2024 - Blacksmith Master - Frostpunk - Spirittea
neutral · AI labelView post →S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edition is out now, needs a workaround on Linux #Stalker #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming
neutral · AI labelView post →I am LIVE playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2! This is my first ever stalker game!! ❤️ twitch.tv/krysttl
neutral · AI labelView post →Me, after beating ADACA (the game Sirus made before Project: Silverfish) and dealing with a whole new world or lore ramifications for my favorite Scalie S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game
neutral · AI labelView post →"At the request of dumb ♥♥♥♥♥, STALKER: Call of Pripyat (The Original) is unlisted on the Steam store and will not appear in search." I wouldn't reccomend buying this game anyways, you might as well go straight for anomaly/gamma STANDALONE FREE "MOD", it's probably less jank and more of the good part present in the original, which is the free open world of stalker, with unified map and more gun nut additions. Plus you get to not pay publishers that do the funny and delist the original games…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Suffers from lazy AI implementation and the removal of Russian/Soviet symbols that were part of the original experience. Honestly, you can turn the classic titles into far better versions on your own than what this so-called “enhanced edition” offers. The only real positive aspect is the addition of Steam achievements.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am John S.T.A.L.K.E.R..... 2 If it wasn't Clear the previous 4 posts I love this game. 🥲
positive · AI labelView post →Shore near the swamps (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, GSC Game World, 2024)
neutral · AI labelView post →Still garbage In this "Enhanced Edition", they made the game darker, added censorship and new bugs For me, I found only two positives: 1) it rarely crashes (for comparison, Clear Sky crashed 20 times and then stopped loading saves). 2) it has achievements I'm glad I got this for free.
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