The METRO Redux Next-Gen Update is now available, bringing substantial visual, performance, and stability improvements to Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux. The update introduces uncapped frame rates, support for 4K textures, improved geometry and materials, upgraded animation quality, and spatial audio.
PC players can also take advantage of 4A TSR, NVIDIA DLSS, and AMD FSR support. Alongside the technical improvements, the update includes numerous community-reported bug fixes covering crashes, loading issues, save corruption, controls, display settings, and progression blockers in both games.
METRO Redux Next-Gen Update Features
The update brings several technical improvements to the PC versions of both games, alongside additional platform-specific fixes and new account rewards.
PC Improvements
- Uncapped frame rates, depending on hardware.
- 4A TSR, NVIDIA DLSS, and AMD FSR support.
- Screen Space Global Illumination support for DLSS.
- Increased geometry detail.
- Improved texture detail and support for 4K textures.
- Improved physically based rendering (PBR) materials.
- Fixed bugs related to high frame rates.
- Improved animation quality.
- Improved sound quality.
- Spatial audio support.
- Adaptive triggers for DualSense controllers.
- Impulse triggers for Xbox controllers.
- Fixed differences between horizontal and vertical mouse sensitivity.
- Power-optimised mode for Xbox Ally/X and the Microsoft Store version.
- Epic Games Store integration with Epic Online Services for achievements and accounts.
- Advanced PhysX enabled by default on PC.
Deep Silver Account Rewards
The update introduces Deep Silver Account support for Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux, joining Metro Exodus.
Players can link their Deep Silver Account to any of the three games by following the in-game QR code and signing in. Linking an account unlocks an exclusive comic book.
Players will also receive a competition entry for each game linked to their account for a chance to win a copy of METRO 2039, scheduled to launch on February 4, 2027. Signing up for the Deep Silver newsletter grants an additional entry, allowing players to receive up to four entries in total.
Community-Reported Bug Fixes
The following fixes apply to the PC versions of the games unless otherwise specified.
Stability
- Improved stability on modern PC hardware, including Windows 11, AMD GPUs, and high-refresh-rate displays.
- Fixed crashes during chapter transitions and at launch.
- Fixed a crash when picking up a gas mask.
- Fixed hard freezes at splash screens, on the Press Any Button screen, and during chapter loading.
- Fixed infinite loading screens and black screens after the intro logos, particularly on newer AMD hardware.
- Fixed freezes during level transitions and scripted sequences.
- Fixed crashes involving newer graphics drivers.
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue that could leave weapons stuck in an endless reload animation and prevent firing if burning cobwebs was interrupted by reloading or switching weapons.
- Fixed enemies detecting the player through darkness and walls.
- Fixed enemy alert states escalating instantly.
Save Data
- Fixed Steam Cloud failing to upload save data.
- Fixed checkpoints being created when the player had too little gas mask filter time remaining, which could cause an unavoidable death loop.
- Fixed crashes and infinite loading when loading checkpoints, including after repeated reloads.
- Improved save reliability when quitting or interrupting the game during autosaving.
- Fixed disappearing save files.
- Fixed the Continue option loading an older checkpoint.
- Fixed save corruption following crashes or improper shutdowns.
- Fixed save corruption on PS5 that could make chapters after Regina unavailable and reset inventory after the console had been powered off for an extended period.
Controls
- Restored default keyboard bindings that were missing after a previous update.
- Fixed the DualSense Wireless Controller not being recognised in the Steam version.
- Fixed the mouse cursor getting stuck at the edge of the screen in menus and vendor screens on multi-monitor setups.
- Fixed Xbox controllers being only partially detected.
- Fixed failures when remapping controller buttons.
Display and Graphics Settings
- Fixed the title screen displaying incorrectly if the game lost focus immediately after launch.
- Fixed the game failing to start in full-screen mode on first launch on 4K monitors with display scaling enabled.
- Fixed missing modern display resolutions, including 1440p and 4K, and restrictions to older resolutions such as 1600×1200.
- Fixed full-screen display issues, stretched images, and incorrect aspect ratios on high-resolution monitors.
- Improved lighting and shadow quality.
- Fixed pixelated bloom, broken shadows, missing volumetric lighting, and white halo artefacts, including issues in the Hunter introduction, searchlights, and backlit corridors.
- Fixed flickering shadows, shimmering textures, unstable screen-space ambient occlusion (SSAO), and broken post-processing on modern GPUs and ultrawide displays.
METRO 2033 Redux Patch Notes
The update fixes several progression-blocking bugs, combat issues, and achievement problems in Metro 2033 Redux.
- Fixed the Demon freezing in mid-air during its grab attack in Outpost.
- Improved performance in Torchlight.
- Fixed the weapon from the armorer being unavailable at the start of the game, which could block progression.
- Fixed Khan and his men freezing in place or firing endlessly after the player plants the bomb in Khan (Turgenevskaya).
- Fixed freezing and black screens when loading the last checkpoint in Khan (Turgenevskaya).
- Fixed the player getting stuck without a cutscene after the encounter in Library.
- Fixed the crane, magnet, and lever mechanisms near the end of the game failing to respond in D6.
- Fixed the ending cutscene failing to play after completing the game.
- Fixed instant death in toxic areas despite wearing a gas mask.
- Fixed achievements failing to unlock despite meeting their requirements, including Armorer.
- Fixed achievement progress earned offline failing to synchronise after reconnecting.
METRO Last Light Redux Patch Notes
The update also addresses boss encounters, stealth mechanics, crashes, and progression issues in Metro: Last Light Redux.
- Fixed the bear remaining knocked out during the boss fight in The Garden, blocking progression.
- Fixed stealth knockouts and kills being unavailable from the Revolution chapter onwards.
- Fixed a crash when purchasing the RPK into an empty third weapon slot at the Venice armory.
- Fixed progression being blocked in the Khan DLC after Khan wakes Ulman from the visions.
- Fixed the player ending up out of bounds after falling into the water in Nightfall.
Microsoft Store Version Changes
Players upgrading the Microsoft Store version should be aware of the following changes:
- Existing save files will not carry over to the upgraded version, and starting a new game is recommended.
- Chapter Select will be unlocked, allowing players to choose individual chapters.
- Players can start any chapter with a default equipment set if desired.
The following legacy branches are available on both Steam and GOG:
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The METRO Redux Next-Gen Update is available for Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux. The collection is developed by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver, with the update introducing technical improvements and bug fixes across the two games.
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