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Metro 2039 has hit one million Steam wishlists in just two weeks since its reveal, a striking early signal that the post-apocalyptic franchise still commands serious attention.
4A Games announced the milestone on social media, expressing they were “blown away” by the response and thanking fans for their support ahead of the game’s winter release window.
Back to the tunnels
The wishlist surge follows a reveal trailer that leaned hard into psychological horror, marking a deliberate return to the dark, claustrophobic roots of the series. It’s a notable shift. Metro Exodus, the last major entry, launched back in 2019 and took players away from Moscow’s metro tunnels entirely. Metro 2039 brings them back.
4A Games has also been open about how the ongoing war in Ukraine shaped the game’s direction, with the studio pivoting to this new story roughly four years ago after scrapping an earlier build. That cancelled version partially surfaced in a 120 GB leak that made rounds online shortly after the reveal.
A franchise that still matters
Metro has long sat alongside Fallout and STALKER as one of the genre’s more thoughtful takes on the apocalypse, grimmer, more grounded, and harder to shake. Series creator Dmitry Glukhovsky recently said Metro 2039 isn’t just a game, framing it as something closer to an experience.
With a million wishlists already banked and a winter launch on the horizon, that promise is clearly landing.
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