PC Gamer reports that Stalker 2 will soon receive a free update intended to make its world feel more atmospheric and less dominated by continuous combat. The change matters because it responds to concerns that the game’s setting, the Zone, has felt relentlessly hostile rather than varied and immersive.

The update is described as imminent, although the supplied article text gives no release date or detailed list of changes. Developers said that “The Zone isn’t one constant gunfight”, indicating an aim to create quieter, more varied moments between confrontations.