Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition (2021) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition

Metro Exodus is an epic, story-driven first person shooter from 4A Games that blends deadly combat and stealth with exploration and survival horror in one of the most immersive game worlds ever created…

92 6 May 2021 ESRB M

What Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition is

Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition is an adventure game developed by 4A Games and released in 2021. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on 4A Engine. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After the attack on D6, Artyom becomes disillusioned with the constant infighting and corruption within the Metro and leaves the Spartan Order. He soon becomes obsessed with proving that other human survivors exist outside of Moscow and makes numerous dangerous expeditions to the surface, much to Anna's concern and Miller's frustration. However, on one such expedition with Anna, they witness a working train running on the surface. Before they can follow it, they are captured by Hansa soldiers, along with a group of people who claim to be from outside of Moscow. The Hansa soldiers execute the other prisoners, and Artyom is shot and left for dead, taking Anna to their base. Surviving the…

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Metro series

Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition is the 12th of 15 entries we hold in the Metro series. The next entry was Metro Exodus: Complete Edition in 2021. Its critic score of 92 is 7 points above the series average of 85. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 97% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition launched on 6 May 2021, within three weeks of Biomutant, Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition and Returnal. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Biomutant, Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Returnal.

Cheats and codes

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