Best game in the trilogy
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Call of Pripyat took the basic idea of STALKER and turned it to something fantastic.”
Steam review · 50.4 h played ↗
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%GSC Game World2010FPS · Survival · Action
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A polished, stable, quest-rich entry that many call the best of the original STALKER trilogy. Skip it if you want SoC's bleak atmosphere, a long campaign or a lively world.
Great for
Fans of atmospheric open-world shooters who like side quests, exploration and mods
Main risk
Short, emptier-feeling game with a weak story and no replayable content without mods
What players love
Immersive, oppressive Zone atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The atmosphere is incredible: you put on headphones and sink into a grim, unexplored, isolated world.”
Steam review · translated · 28.9 h played ↗
Great, varied side quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Every quest looks like a full story quest.”
Steam review · translated · 16.9 h played ↗
Huge modding scene and co-op mods
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“STALKER lives precisely thanks to mods.”
Steam review · translated · 2059.5 h played ↗
More stable and polished than earlier games
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“in both scope and (especially) stability, it surpasses the previous two entries.”
Steam review · 28 h played ↗
Improved gunplay, upgrades and A-Life
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the gameplay is a massive improvement from clear sky and soc as guns feel like actual guns”
Steam review · 18.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weaker than Shadow of Chernobyl and dated
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The game is immeasurably worse than Shadow of Chernobyl despite coming out two whole years after, and they regressed in many ways.”
Steam review · 121.4 h played ↗
Empty, barren world lacking atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The map feels dead and barren but not in a atmospheric post-apo way but in an unfinished game way.”
Steam review · 20.5 h played ↗
Short, weak or boring story
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Call of Pripyat felt more like bad DLC than a stand-alone game.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Performance and launch problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Stuttering. The X-ray engine is really bad at texture streaming.”
Steam review · 44.3 h played ↗
Bugs and broken quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“There are many story points where NPC's scripting bugs out and you have to reload your save over and over and over again”
Steam review · 17.2 h played ↗
Poor guidance, tedious walking and fetching
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“What the hell. No guidance at all.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable6 GB
Minimum
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz / AMD XP 2200+
Memory768 MB RAM
Graphics128 MB DirectX® 8.0 compatible card / nVIDIA® GeForce™ 5700 / ATI Radeon® 9600
Storage6 GB free hard disc space
Recommended
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E6400 / AMD 64 X2 4200+
Memory2 GB RAM
Graphics256 MB DirectX® 9.0c compatible card* / nVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800 GT / ATI Radeon® HD 2900 XT
Storage10 GB free hard disc space
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz / AMD XP 2200+
Memory768 MB RAM
Graphics128 MB DirectX® 8.0 compatible card / nVIDIA® GeForce™ 5700 / ATI Radeon® 9600
Storage6 GB free hard disc space
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