The Stranger is the fully voiced protagonist of Metro 2039, a recluse haunted by violent nightmares who is drawn back into the Moscow Metro against his will.

Hunter is the primary antagonist of Metro 2039, a legendary Spartan who has become the self-styled Fuhrer of the Novoreich.

Weapons in Metro 2039 are hand-crafted, improvised firearms maintained under extreme scarcity; no specific named weapon has been confirmed before launch.

Metro 2039 is a story-driven single-player first-person shooter with tactical combat, resource scarcity, stealth options, a diegetic interface, and environmental storytelling.

Metro 2039 tells an original story co-written with Dmitry Glukhovsky exploring the cost of silence, the horrors of tyranny, and the price of freedom in post-apocalyptic Moscow.

Metro 2039 is set in post-apocalyptic Moscow and the Moscow Metro in the year 2039, about a quarter-century after a nuclear war and about four years after Metro Exodus.