Metro 2033 has been a rough diamond since its launch in 2010. Situated on the subway under a post-apocalyptic Moscow, it was atmospheric, bleak and full of trinkets. It is now free to keep it, if you purchase it before 10am PT / 6pm GMT on March 15th.
Developers 4A Games made it available as part of the series’ 10th anniversary, along with huge discounts on the rest of the series. Last year’s Metro Exodus, the third game in the series, has a 66% discount at £ 11.89.
Note that what is being offered for free here is the original 2010 release of the game, which although fixed, is not as polished as the Metro 2033 Redux version released in 2014. This version added features from the game’s Metro Last Light sequence, including AI improvements. Metro 2033 Redux was also offered free through the Epic Games Store in December, while now and Last Light Redux will cost £ 3 each.
£ 3 is not much money for a better version of the game, but hey, free is still free. If you need more information on exactly what pros and cons you can find compared to the original, Alec’s assessment of when it is a fair summary:
I like Metro 2033, but I would have liked to. I can’t help wanting it to be a curious cause to be left behind, as happened with Stalker. It’s one of the few post-Half-Life 2 games that really understands and acts on why people liked it so much, and despite the annoying thing about the checkpoint, it’s just obtuse and pleasantly complicated enough to look like a PC game in the first place. nothing.
You can take Metro 2033 from Steam now.