4A Games has announced that it will be offering 2013’sMetro: Last Lightfor free on Steam for a limited time.Steam regularly offers free gamesfor those who keep their eyes open and their fingers quick, since often the deals are only around for a short time.Metro: Last Lightis the sequel toMetro 2033and picks up directly where that first story left off.Metro Exodus,the third entry in the popular franchise, launched in 2019, and it is believed that afourth game in theMetroseries is already in development, though projects at Ukrainian-founded 4A Games have been impacted somewhat by the ongoing conflict with Russia.RELATED:Next Metro Game Release Date Narrowed Down in New ReportIn celebration of the 10th anniversary ofMetro: Last Light,4A Games will be offering the game for free on Steam from May 18 – 25, beginning at 10 AM PST. So anybody who hasn’t yet tried it out or would perhaps like a copy on a new platform has exactly one week to claim it.
A potentially confusing element of the announcement is that it specifies the original Complete Edition ofMetro: Last Lightwill be the free offering. However, that is different from the edition currently available on Steam,Metro: Last Light Redux,the remastered version that contains all DLC. The original, or non-reduxed, edition of the game was removed from Steam whenReduxcame out. So it’s unclear whether the announcement meantReduxwill be free or whether the original version will make an appearance specifically for this giveaway.
TheMetrovideo games are based on a series of bookswritten by Dmitry Glukhovsky, a Russian author and journalist. There are three main novels, and over the years, a number of different creators have joined in to release comics, graphic novels, short stories, and even a board game based in theMetrouniverse. A movie was also announced to be in the works a few years ago, though that project has since faded from the limelight with no updates.
Two of Glukhovsky’sMetrobooks and the three gamesfollow the steps of protagonist Artyom as he travels through Moscow’s underground metro system, which shelters the survivors of a 2013 nuclear catastrophe. Twenty years later, different factions have arisen, animals have mutated from the radiation, and mysterious beings with psychic powers called the Dark Ones have also begun to make an appearance. Artyom sets out on a multifaceted quest to help the inhabitants of the increasingly dilapidated metro, take out rival factions, and investigate the Dark Ones.
Metro: Last Lightis currently available on PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
