Devs reveal Russia-Ukraine war impacted Metro 2039: “Everything we planned changed”

4A Games says Metro 2039, due in winter 2026, has been fundamentally reshaped by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with the studio developing under wartime conditions and reorienting the story toward

the consequences of conflict, tyranny, silence, and freedom. Set in 2039 after Metro Exodus, the game returns to Moscow’s tunnels under the Novoreich and a new Führer, Spartan Ranger Hunter, while pl ...