Deep Silver and developer 4A Games will officially reveal Metro 2039 on April 16, 2026. The announcement comes via an “Xbox First Look: Metro 2039” broadcast, set for 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET and available to watch live on YouTube.
Metro 2039 will be the fourth mainline entry in a series based on the novels of Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. The books, and the games built from them, follow survivors of a nuclear catastrophe sheltering in the tunnels of the Moscow Metro and navigating the irradiated surface above.
The metro series so far
4A Games launched the franchise with Metro 2033 in 2010, a linear first-person shooter drawn closely from Glukhovsky’s debut novel. Set 20 years after a fictional 2013 nuclear exchange, the game put players in the role of Artyom, a young survivor working through the Moscow underground’s warring factions while confronting the mutated creatures that took over the surface.
Metro: Last Light followed in 2013 with an original story continuing Artyom’s journey. It kept the dense, claustrophobic tone of the first game intact while expanding on the lore built around the Metro’s faction politics. Both titles were later remastered as Metro Redux in 2014 and brought to then-current platforms.
Metro Exodus in 2019 was the biggest departure the series had made. Rather than stay in the Moscow tunnels, it took Artyom and a crew of survivors across post-nuclear Russia on an armored train, moving through a series of large sandbox environments over the course of a year-long journey. The game received strong reviews and expanded the audience considerably beyond fans of the earlier entries.
What Metro 2039 could cover
The series naming has closely tracked Glukhovsky’s novels: Metro 2033 borrowed its title from the debut, and later games drew from the world of Metro 2034 and Metro 2035. Metro 2039 jumps the timeline forward by four years beyond the last numbered novel. Whether that gap introduces a new protagonist, revisits Artyom, or follows an entirely separate story has not been confirmed.
It is also unclear whether 4A Games returns to the Moscow tunnels or continues the overland scope that Exodus established. Deep Silver has not announced platforms, a release window, or any gameplay details ahead of the April 16 broadcast. The Xbox branding on the event suggests the game will be available on Xbox consoles and PC, though no formal platform announcement has been made.
How to watch the Metro 2039 reveal
The “Xbox First Look: Metro 2039” stream goes live on April 16 at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET on YouTube. It will be the first official look at a new Metro game more than six years after Exodus released.