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S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored

S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored

|Poland|Adventure, Puzzle

6.8 /10

Okay

Niche

74 ratings
Rating sources
Steam · Player score6.8/1074 ratings
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Why play it

After the disaster in the Chernobyl nuclear plant, a secret research facility - the S.W.A.N. Institute gets out of control. Already dangerous phenomena became an even bigger threat and the corridors of this facility, forgotten by its own government, have seen incidents out of touch with reality. S.W.A.N. (Syndrome Without A Name) is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster. It is a tale of an unexplored area within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone - The S.W.A.N. Institute.

Story and worldbuilding

February 1987. A group of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology received a signal from the Exclusion Zone. Some people are still near Pripyat and the readings on the radar are worrying. Scientists had been researching undiagnosed diseases in the isolated S.W.A.N. Institute for years. The enigmatic abilities of patients locked inside were one of the worst threats possible. Despite the radiation caused by the Chernobyl nuclear plant breakdown, the few USSR politicians aware of its existence didn’t order the evacuation of the facility. Worried scientists sent out a research and rescue expedition. Little did they know what they were about to discover. They were not aware of what they were really going to find in here.

Game highlights
Rating momentum

Okay: 6.8/10 across 74 ratings. Decent score — check if the gameplay loop clicks for you.

Play style

Leans into Adventure, Puzzle, Indie — a quick read on whether that fantasy matches what you usually enjoy.

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Thumb Culture8 Feb, 2022
4/10

My final thoughts on S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored are varied, this had the potential to become a great game but for me, the execution did not live up to my expectations If the game stood with its first five minutes and kept it like that with progression this game would have been a big baller for me.

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IGN ItalyStefano Castelli · 19 Jan, 2022
4/10

Unoriginal and with boring action sequences, S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a failed exploration of an otherwise fascinating setting.

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Gaming ProfessorsPetra Svobodová · 14 Nov, 2021
4/10

For me, it would have been enough if S.W.A.N. only had the first hour and the end. The game does seem to have potential, but it's lost somewhere along the way. There's a minigame that is pointless and only distracts the player from the main plot, not to mention an entity that babbles utter nonsense. For me, this game is just a dead swan.

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FingerGunsGreg Hicks · 23 May, 2021
3/10

A bland and uneventful horror puzzler, S.W.A.N. offers nothing new yet still manages to disappoint. A disjointed narrative, ugly visuals and monsters that seem about as uninterested in events as the protagonist is make for a forgettable game.

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GamingTrendDevo · 4 May, 2021
6.5/10

Creepy as hell but the jump scares too often failed to frighten and some performance issues dampened and otherwise well put together game.

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