Chornobyl Liquidators
Released Jun 2024
Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?
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Evaluation
Chornobyl Liquidators launched on June 6, 2024 and has received a sustained series of post-launch updates from the developer. Shortly after launch, hotfixes addressed bugs, achievements, and translation issues. In July 2024, the developer confirmed upcoming DLSS and FSR support. In October 2024, the developer posted to say work on the update was ongoing. A beta branch became available in January 2025, with the full update releasing on February 19, 2025 — bringing a VHS visual filter, level selection available from the start of the game, and a small bonus level. Quality-of-life updates followed on April 26, 2025 and June 27, 2025, and a stability update shipped on November 1, 2025 that also restructured the level order for better narrative flow. The most recent developer communication was on November 1, 2025. No specific future content has been announced, and the developer has not stated that updates are finished. The gap between November 1, 2025 and today (October 8, 2026) is approximately 11 months. Looking at the established pattern, major feature patches have shipped roughly every 2–4 months throughout 2025. Eleven months without any communication is beyond that historical cadence window. However, there is no explicit closure statement, no studio distress signal, and the game remains purchasable. The developer's update cadence was focused on quality-of-life and stability improvements rather than named expansions or DLC, and no future content was ever formally promised. Given the silence since November 2025 has now extended well past the established update cadence, but balanced against the absence of any closure or distress signal, the assessment shifts toward completion — though without an explicit developer statement confirming it, there is some residual uncertainty. The only DLC is the cosmetic Supporter Pack that launched alongside the base game on June 6, 2024.
Evidence
Stability update v1.6.56 released, restructuring level order and improving power plant level performance and visuals. Last developer communication on record.
Major update released adding VHS visual filter, level selection from game start, and a small bonus level.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
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Developer
Publisher
Frozen Way
Achievements
19
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player
About this game
On April 26, 1986, the largest nuclear disaster in human history occurred. As a result of the explosion and destruction of reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a massive amount of radioactive isotopes were released into the atmosphere. Squads of liquidators were sent out to combat this invisible and deadly enemy. They were not heroes, yet they were called upon to perform heroic deeds. Many of them paid with their own health, and even their lives...

CONTAIN THE FALLOUT OF THE DISASTER
Step into the shoes of a nameless hero confronting treacherous radiation. Take action as one of the firefighters who extinguished fires on the ruins of reactor No. 4 on that fateful night. Traverse the abandoned city of Pripyat as a dosimetrist, fighting against radioactive dust and clouds. In a radiation suit, explore the tunnels under the reactor, in search of truth. Grab a shovel and clear the radioactive graphite from the roof of Unit 3's turbine hall! Witness hell with your own eyes…MAKE CHOICES
Your decisions will affect not only your fate and your loved ones but also the world's fate. Confront the heartless apparatus of Soviet repression and resist the KGB oppressors, or obediently submit to their will. What will be more important to you - the safety of your family or truth?
DISCOVER THE TRUTH
Do you have the courage to uncover the truth about the disaster that changed the world? Now you have a unique opportunity to witness it and pay your part. Become a Chernobyl Liquidator and immerse yourself in the events that altered the course of history forever!CHORNOBYL LIQUIDATORS’ KEY FEATURES:
- experience the liquidation action from a first-person perspective,
- take on the role of a firefighter, liquidator, and commanding officer,
- use specialized firefighting and chemical protection equipment,
- fight radiation to survive the cleansing operation,
- explore iconic locations of the power plant and the contaminated Zone,
- discover the difficult truth through conversations and finding various documents,
- make incredibly difficult moral decisions and decide the fate of the world!
Last evaluated Oct 8, 2026
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