Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl Update Roadmap for 2025 Revealed

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl update roadmap for 2025 was revealed on Aug. 12, marketed to bring new anomalies, missions, weather scenarios, difficulty presets, and much more. As communicated via social media, the developer’s main goal for the near future is to upgrade the game to Unreal Engine 5.5.4, which will allow more tools and features to be implemented into the title. 

Here are the full 2025 update roadmap, as per the official social media posting: 

• ENGINE UPDATE TO UNREAL ENGINE 5.5.4 (FOR OPTIMIZATION)
• VARIOUS NIGHT VISION DEVICES
• BINOCULARS
• A-LIFE UPDATES:

• More A-Life Zone: various technical improvements and updates
• NPCs can’t see in the dark as good as before
• NPC Combat Updates
• Mutants Combat & Balance Updates

• NEW ANOMALIES
• NEW MISSIONS, FROM OLD AND NEW FRIENDS
• NEW WEATHER SCENARIO
• MASTER DIFFICULTY PRESET
• EXTENDED DAY/NIGHT CYCLE
• STASHES LOOT REWORK
• STAMINA AND ENERGY DRINKS REWORK
• IMMERSIVE DISPLAY MODE
• PLAYER EQUIPMENT UI UPDATE
• MORE UI UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS
• LOCAL SAVE BACKUP RESTORATION
• FURTHER OPTIMIZATION AND “ANOMALIES” FIXING
• ZONE KIT – PHASE 1 TO PHASE 2

• Audio Modding (Wwise)
• Narrative Tools
  create your own stories
• Improved compatibility of various mods that interact with
  common game systems
• Enhanced Blueprints Modification Support
• Technical Improvements and Optimization

DISCORD HOLIDAY EVENT

ALSO: don’t forget

• MORE S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: LEGENDS OF THE ZONE ENHANCED EDITION IMPROVEMENTS
• RELEASE OF ST.A.L.K.E.R. 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL ON PS5 AND PS5 PRO

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is the fourth main installment in the series, and the first franchise title in 15 years since the release of 2009’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. The game sold 1 million copies within 48 hours of its release. By March 4, 2025, the game had reached 6 million players. As of writing, the game has a “Very Positive” rating on Steam with 88,927 reviews.