Metro 2033 is free on Steam for a limited time

15 years ago, the relatively unknown studio 4A Games released Metro 2033 – a first-person survival thriller shooter featuring a ton of cool and immersive mechanics alongside a tense and creepy atmosphere. In celebration of the series’ 15th anniversary, the first game in the trilogy is being given away for free.

From now until the 16th of April at 4PM UK time, all Steam users can add the excellent Metro 2033 to their library for free – keeping it forever as long as it was claimed in time.

For the uninitiated, Metro 2033 is a slow and deliberately-paced title which puts a great deal of emphasis on atmosphere, immersion and a general sense of unease.

Based on the best-selling novel series by Dmitry Glukhovsky, the Metro series has been lauded for its purposeful moment-to-moment decision making – something which also carried through into the story itself.

While the most recent mainline entry in the series – Metro Exodus – wound up being a massive success (selling over 10 million copies), both Metro 2033 and Last Light are equally as excellent, and so if you have yet to try out the first entry in the series, now is as good a time as any.

Regardless, a free game is a free game, and so is worth adding to your library just in case you ever get the hankering for a tense first-person shooter experience.

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