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Metro Awakening
Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet. Don your gas mask, brave the crippling radiation and venture into the depths of the Metro where threats haunt your every step.
73% of 3,078 Steam reviews positive
Metacritic 78
At a glance
● Pros
- Full English voice acting
- 70% off right now ($11.99)
● Cons
- Demanding (min. 16GB RAM)
Great for
- Fans of punchy combat and action
- Exploration and storytelling
Summarized automatically from Steam reviews, Metacritic, language support, price and spec data.
What players talk about
How often each topic comes up in 57 Steam reviews (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) · 81% of them recommend the game
- Story👍 24 👎 3
- Atmosphere👍 18 👎 3
- Graphics👍 9 👎 4
- Controls👍 8 👎 3
- Combat & action👍 11
- Difficulty👍 11
- Performance👍 7 👎 2
- Grind & repetition👍 7 👎 1
- Bugs👍 6 👎 2
- Music & sound👍 5 👎 1
Counts how many reviews mention each topic, split by whether the review recommends the game.
“Personally I don't understand the hate that this game is getting.”
About the game
Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built exclusively for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet.
The year is 2028
The survivors of nuclear Armageddon cling to existence in the buried subways of the Moscow Metro – civilization’s last refuge and tomb, where ghosts and spirits haunt the living in this man-made purgatory.
You are Serdar, a doctor braving the darkness, crippling radiation and deadly threats of the Metro in the search for your wife and the medication she so desperately needs. As your courage and sanity are pushed to the limit you must learn to walk the line between life and death, the spirit and the material world, and awaken the being you will become…
Features:
Lose yourself in a journey of spiritual awakening in this chilling, supernatural origins story from Metro creator Dmitry Glukhovsky
Experience Metro’s tense, heart-pounding gameplay in VR for the first time as you put on your mask, ammo and filters run low and your torchlight flickers and dies in the darkness
Wield a signature arsenal of hand-made weapons, don your gas mask, and venture into the depths of the Metro where desperate bandits, mutants, and worse haunt your every step
Source: Steam store page (provided by the developer/publisher)
PC requirements
Minimum
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 - 64 bit Processor: Intel 9th gen i7 (i7-9700) Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: RTX-2070 8GB DirectX: Version 12 VR Support: Oculus Rift, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3 Family, HTC VIVE, HTC VIVE PRO and HTC VIVE PRO 2 and Index
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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Updated October 27, 2026 · Source: Steam