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Metro Awakening
What is Metro Awakening?
The official developer description calls it a story-driven first-person adventure blending atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat. [1] The story is set in 2028, in the buried Moscow Metro after nuclear Armageddon. You play Serdar, a doctor searching for his wife and the medication she needs while facing radiation and other threats. [1]
VR editions and delivery modes
- Meta Quest: the official Meta store lists a Meta Quest edition with supported platforms Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 3S and Meta Quest Pro. It is a Meta Quest headset-store edition, separate from the PCVR listing. [2]
- PlayStation VR2: the official PlayStation listing identifies a PS5 version and says PlayStation VR2 is required; PS VR2 Sense controllers are also required. This is the console VR edition, not a standalone headset version. [3]
- PCVR: the official Steam listing marks the game “VR Only” and provides Windows PC system requirements, including VR support for Oculus Rift, Meta Quest 2, the Meta Quest 3 family, HTC VIVE, HTC VIVE Pro, HTC VIVE Pro 2 and Valve Index. This is the computer-run Steam edition, not native headset software. [4]
Officially listed features
The developer lists a campaign, hand-crafted weapons, a gas mask, stealth combat and threats including bandits and mutants. [1] The PlayStation listing additionally identifies sitting, standing and roomscale play styles for its PS VR2 version. [3]
Survival is built around hands-on upkeep
The official PlayStation description makes the survival loop unusually concrete: Serdar searches the tunnels for his wife and the medicine she needs while managing a gas mask, ammunition, filters and a torch that can flicker in the dark. Players reload weapons by hand, charge equipment, and scavenge bullets and filters. These small actions make the Metro's scarcity part of the interaction rather than just a line in the story synopsis. [3]
The same listing describes a balance between stealth and combat against bandits, mutants and other threats. Hand-crafted weapons are used in close, dangerous spaces, while the story's supernatural dimension is tied to Serdar's courage and sanity. The official pitch is a narrative adventure combining exploration, stealth and combat; it does not describe an open-world structure or a multiplayer mode, so neither is implied here. [1][3]
On PS VR2, PlayStation documents sitting, standing and roomscale play styles, plus optional Sense controller vibration, adaptive trigger effects and headset vibration. The listing says PlayStation VR2 and Sense controllers are required for the PS5 version. Those tactile additions are properties of the PlayStation edition; they should not be confused with the PCVR or standalone Quest versions, which are separately listed by Steam and Meta. [3][2][4]
For the console edition, PlayStation lists Metro Awakening as a one-player, offline-capable PS5 game and names sitting, standing and roomscale play styles. The same page records a November 7, 2024 release date and optional Sense controller vibration, adaptive trigger effects and headset vibration. These details apply to the PS5/PS VR2 version specifically; the Quest and Steam store listings are separate editions. [3]