Action

Chernobylite

Single Player

Critic · Metacritic

3.3

Users · RAWG

2021

Released

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📅 Release Info

Release DateJuly 28, 2021

Developer

Publisher

🏷️ Game Details

Genres

ActionAdventureRPGSimulationIndie

Playable on

PCPlayStationXboxNintendo

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About this game

Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror experience, mixing the free exploration of its disturbing world with challenging combat, unique crafting, and non-linear storytelling. Play as a physicist, one of the Chernobyl Power Plant's ex-employees, and investigate the mysterious disappearance of your beloved. Try to survive and reveal the contamination zone's twisted secrets. Remember, the military presence is not your only concern.

Get ready for a thrilling adventure of survival, conspiracy, horror, love, and obsession. One that will prove to you that it's not about how you face your fears, it's about how you survive them.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Atmospheric recreation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Branching choices alter events and support different outcomes.
Recruit companions, assign missions, and manage their loyalty.
Crafting, scavenging, weapon upgrades, and base development support progression.
Photogrammetry-based environments provide detailed visual presentation.

Cons

Missions repeat similar areas, resource gathering, and base returns.
Uneven pacing includes repetitive interruptions and extended exposition.
Resource and base management add busywork to progression.
Combat and stealth include awkward gunplay and enemy behavior.

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