Initially announced in 2021 as the second numbered installment in the STALKER franchise, this is actually the fourth game in the series. GSC Game World initially planned to release the FPS-RPG hybrid in April 2022 but later pushed the release back by eight months due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which forced the studio to relocate from Kyiv to Prague. The game missed its December 8, 2022 release date and had already been delayed to 2023.
