S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

Simulated wandering factions in an open zone became the reference point for immersive survival shooters.

Released 2007 Developer GSC Game World Publisher THQ Platform PC Genre First-person shooter Era Broadband & the console shooter

Mechanics it built on

Ideas S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.