Fans had followed the development of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. But its audience wasn't spurred into existence upon the game's release.

This strange Ukrainian survival shooter is for some the best the genre has ever seen. How many games can claim to still have a dedicated following, 10 years after their release? That still have fans conjuring up new mods to alter and add to the game? S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is pretty much the definition of a video game cult classic.