The recent announcement of a new entry in the Metro franchise, the VR game Metro Awakening, means there’s never been a better reason to revisit the lively environs of the Russian mass transit system. Right now, you can pick up the Metro franchise bundle — which features Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Metro Exodus, and all of their corresponding DLC — for just $9.51 at (was $59.47). If you missed your chance to pick up any of these titles inspired by Dmitry Glukhovsky’s grim, post-apocalyptic novels when they were briefly made available for free, you won’t want to sleep on this deal.
The Metro franchise presents a far bleaker version of the post-apocalypse than the comparatively whimsical Fallout universe. Instead of trading with bottlecaps, you use bullets as your currency; 50’s-era swing music is replaced with sobbing widows; and instead of oversized molerats taking over the local grocer, you’ll have to contend with literal demons. It’s an appropriately grim take on how society might adapt to living underground, and while the voice acting for all of these titles is solid, I highly recommend playing them in their native Russian dialect for added immersion.
However, if you already have any of these titles sitting in your backlog, each entry in the Metro franchise is also available piecemeal for its lowest price ever, in addition to the post-launch DLC for Metro Exodus.
