Metro 2039 Targets Winter 2026 as Steam Page Opens for PC

Metro 2039 is now pointed at a winter 2026 release window after the Apr. 16 Xbox First Look broadcast. Steam app 2590240 lists 4A Games as developer, Deep Silver as publisher, Windows PC support, and a release date of “To be announced”; no price is live yet. The r/Games post titled “METRO 2039 | Official Reveal Trailer” had 742 points and 179 comments at crawl time, above the community’s 200-point floor.

What 4A Showed

Xbox Wire describes Metro 2039 as the fourth mainline Metro game from 4A Games. Instead of following Metro Exodus further across the surface, the new entry returns to the Moscow Metro and remains a story-driven single-player campaign. The player character is The Stranger, a recluse pulled back into the tunnels by violent nightmares and the conditions below. Xbox Wire also notes that he is the first fully voiced lead protagonist in the series.

The setup is more political than a simple monster-in-the-tunnels pitch. The previously fragmented Metro factions have been brought under a fascist dictatorship, and 4A says the Russian invasion of Ukraine changed the studio’s perspective and the story it wanted to tell. Dmitry Glukhovsky, the author behind the Metro novels, has returned to help craft the story.

Gameplay Details

The first gameplay footage focused on a ruined Metro station, returning Nosalis creatures, handcrafted weapons, and the series’ preference for in-world information instead of a conventional HUD. One sequence shows The Stranger choosing movement over a direct fight, then dealing with a weapon malfunction, pointing to familiar Metro concerns around ammo, pressure, and gear maintenance.

The studio is still using its custom 4A Engine. Xbox Wire says 4A is extending the technical line that supported earlier Metro games and Metro Exodus ray tracing work. For readers tracking concrete buying details, the current public status is simple: winter 2026 window, PC Steam page live, no public price, and no PC system requirements posted yet.