Developers really traveled to Chernobyl to gain inspiration for the game and get ideas for production design. The game itself was successful on both domestic and international game markets. It is heavily inspired by the film Stalker directed by Andrei Tarkovsky as well as original novel The Roadside Picnic by Strugatski Brothers on which the film was based. It was first announced by GSC Game World in 2001 and eventually released in 2007.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is a first-person shooter with heavy role-playing game elements developed by Ukrainian game developer GSC Game World released on the PC.
