The FULL Metro Timeline...So Far | 2009 - 2035 | Complete Metro Book & Game Lore

The world of Metro is an amazing crafted one both in the books and the games, but what fully happened over the years?
This is the full Metro timeline from 2009 up until 2035.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:43 - 2013 - The Great War
14:37 - 2014 - 2019 - Early Metro Years
36:10 - 2020s - The Disapperances
43:50 - 2033 - Dark Ones War
52:11 - 2034 Book - Hunters Story
55:58 - Last Light - Battle For D6
1:02:31 - Novosibirsk - Oskom Riots
1:05:44 - 2035 Book - Escaping The Metro
1:15:04 - Exodus - The Green World
1:26:42 - Thanks For Watching
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[@WiseFish]

Hope you guys enjoy this Metro timeline. Let me know what other videos you’d like to see and thanks again!!

[@thebossman9176]

Great video man. Could we see a Fallout or Bioshock timeline video? Thanks!

[@CCowleyMedia]

@@thebossman9176 Anything Bioshock related would be great. Judas lore incoming haha

[@Salt_and_Peroxide]

its simple man its khan and also the pornunciantons arent terrible :)

[@scrappycloud1828]

This is a pretty great video. Not gonna lie having read the books and played the games I've always been a bit confused about the true cannon between them due to the overlap and differences between them. I also recall the metro 2034 novel was actually Homer's interpretation of those events, not what actually happened, at least according to Sarah in metro 2035. So just wanted know if this video is a reading of the official cannon or your own head cannon?

[@thatussrmainwt3899]

sry i gotta ask but at 48:35 is exodus ? played it and i dont remember a flooded station nor the big worms

[@AppleFudge]

The immersion of the metro games (especially exodus) is incredible. Having to make sure you change the filters every 5 minutes when your mask is on. Having to constantly charge the batteries of your flashlight or it will start to dim. Having to wipe off your mask when blood gets on it. Things that seem like busywork to outside observers but when playing make you feel like you yourself are in a wasteland. Add in the minimal and mostly diegetic ui (see: The Watch) and you have a game you can get lost in.

[@JellyDeapBlue]

How do you wipe ur mask 😢

[@JellyDeapBlue]

Pls awmser, i've been looking for the awnser for months yet no videos explain it

[@AppleFudge]

@@JellyDeapBlue in metro 2033 it's either g on keyboard or left bumper on controller, i think it's the same for the other games

[@JellyDeapBlue]

@@AppleFudge THANKS 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@viderevero1338]

Love the Metro games. As an American who mostly plays American games, its always a joy to see a game or genre thats different from what Im normally exposed to.

[@WiseFish]

Yeah gotta love the world of Metro and Stalker. A nice change of pace in style!

[@devinclements2313]

I think you mean you like a change in cultural setting. Drama horror is a genre

[@tumantuman1841]

@@WiseFish Now, the author Dmitriy Glukhovsky has been denounced as a “foreign agent” by the communist-KGB Bunker Scum and his bloody-Rashist criminal bunch and put on the wanted list for supporting Ukraine and its people and speaking out against the war unleashed by the Kremlin. And the MASTERS who turned his book into a masterpiece are UKRAINIAN ONES! By the way, the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R has been created by the Ukrainian IT-specialists as well. Some developers and artists who voiced the characters of the threelogy Metro are now fighting in the ranks of the Self-Defense Forces of Ukraine and smashing the enemy invaders. Honor and praise to them!👌✌💣💥💙💛

[@daneamaddio6142]

Oh brother, then you should read the books. The games hit pretty close, but the books have so much more. This series is fantastic.

[@tumantuman1841]

@@daneamaddio6142 Quite right!

[@newnamesameperson397]

I honestly like the games more than the books. The books kinda dropped the supernatural angle after the second but the games expanded on it. I think khan was the one who explained that the shadows and ghost remain because humanity literally destroyed the afterlife so they have nowhere to go.

[@marcusayala6933]

I haven't played the games but I've read all the books and I must say their easily my favorite. They're so long but incredible. I found the more human on human conflict to be more entertaining and gratifying as a story than a supernatural foe, so perhaps I would just prefer the books more

[@newnamesameperson397]

@@marcusayala6933 it's still human on human conflict with a hint supernatural stuff is background stuff. Sort of like in the first book but they have khan take the roll of a shaman and give some exposition. Pretty sure in the first book there was unexplained things like the dark station that drives people insane, the two old men burning books in a abandoned station and the voices in the pipe. The games are like that where as the books drop all supernatural mystic after the first

[@domiiinik4320]

Yeah, the last book focuses more on human side of the apocalypse, treatment of slaves etc.

[@HugoStiglitz88]

Well the book also had some truly weird shit too. Remember the people who believed in the great worm? Also the weird blob of stuff they ran into after escaping the people of the great worm? That shit was crazy

[@laust5874]

@@HugoStiglitz88well my understanding of “the great worm” was that, what they thought of as the worm was actually the “blob”. Also considering that the priest or what he was said it wasn’t a good day to go down there, because he knew the blob would be there. But it is some time since I read the book and maybe I just understood it the wrong way.

[@kanepreton9588]

8:17 sabot (say-bow) rounds are long, small diameter tungsten kinetic penotrator with stabalising fins at the rear, sabot meaning shoe in French, refers to a sleeve that attaches to the the sabot to keep it centered in the barrel until it leaves at which point the shoe/sabot is discarded. APFSDS (Armout piercing, fin stabilised, discarging sabot). Sadly, sabot rounds do not carry an explosive charge, so the explosion we see most likely would not have been a sabot round.

[@pavelkosac]

You reap what you sow, Artyom. Force answers force, war breeds war, and death only brings more death. To break this vicious cycle one must do more than just act without any thought or doubt.

[@WiseFish]

Thank you Khan!

[@mcfeddle]

I wish I didn't have to follow you for so long, but I have always enjoyed our time together, Khan.

[@HollowedCrow]

My my

[@charly6066]

props for actually including the books and merging them with the games, most other lore videos only follow the games with little to no mention of events that happened in the 2034 and 2035 books

[@rdshorts2332]

just to add on, it was explained somewhere that the tank commander at 8:15 fired into the masses to seal the entrance and save people who were already inside rather than disperse the crowd, sacrificing himself in this way.

[@CorvoFG]

Never been near the metro games. You’ve inspired me to take a look.

[@WiseFish]

Deffo give them a go if you can! Think you’ll be surprised!

[@lance1506]

OHHHH your in for a treat go for it my friend you wont regret it

[@Redbeard1776]

Ive played through the Metro games so many times and the story for me never gets old, I feel like I see or notice something new each time. I just bought all three books today and will hopefully recieve them this week, to which Im really looking forward to. Metro is a magnificent world in my opinion.

[@HugoStiglitz88]

It's deep enough that you can always miss many details. Like idk how I forgot it but this video saying that Silantius wanted Katya for himself somehow struck me in a way it obviously didn't the first time There's so much to it that forgetting important details is a real possibility For example until he mentioned that Sasha survived Sevastopol station I had forgot that Artyom ended up cheating on Anya with her. Totally forgot about that but it's a big deal because artyom didn't hide it from Anya

[@jakemartin3126]

Take a shot every time he said "would go onto"

[@Nomadith]

I miss khan so much - i also think that if ANYONE would have followed Artyom into the wastes to find a promised land, it would have been him. Instead he just exits stage left in the epilogue of V2

[@CrystalFox__]

I fully believe you could turn all of your lore videos into podcast episodes and they would be as hugely successful as the videos. Love listening to these at work while I'm standing in one place working on chicken

[@lPuffalo]

Seconded! I'd love a podcast format because it uses a ton less mobile data than playing a video does.

[@lolinfected6585]

So glad that somebody else loves the metro series as much as i do! Can’t tell you my disappointment at looking for videos to listen to and seeing almost nothing related to this beautiful series. Thank you so much wisefish!!!!!

[@DrPestilence1345]

I'm surprised in the 2035 book only Anna and Artyom leave the metro. It would be cool to read about the adventures of them riding across the country.

[@GenocideLv]

spoiler -_-

[@kegal]

​@@GenocideLv maybe don't watch the video about the full story of Metro if you don't want spoilers?

[@GenocideLv]

90% of ppl that played the games didnt read the books@@kegal

[@HugoStiglitz88]

Nah he's right. The vast majority of metro players have not read the books so of course it's a spoiler What is ridiculous to me is how people would rather spend time making dumb excuses for spoiling things instead of just saying spoiler alert first, or simply apologizing.

[@Cothfotmeoo]

Incredible work with this! Such a lore rich game series. Well played.

[@cabose.]

Great lore video, love putting your longer videos in the background while I work or hobby, very well done and in-depth!

[@CCowleyMedia]

Hour plus timeline, what a legend. Keep up the awesome work with all these lore videos. Congrats on 100K!

[@WiseFish]

Thank you so much dude really appreciate the support and massive thank you for the super thanks!

[@CCowleyMedia]

@@WiseFish No problem, good luck with the next one

[@Ayhunt7]

Nice to see People still making Metro videos! Will always watch them.

[@markmulder9845]

YAY! MORE METRO VIDEOS! I love the ones you drop.

[@codname125]

Amazing video! Btw. small correction 1:03:56 that's colonel Khlebnikov, Slava is his first name.

[@locrpg]

Idk if it's the magic of your voice, or the passion you pour into these videos, but damn, now I wanna play this game.

[@Imdruu]

Top tier quality in the video man, so nice someone giving metro more attention!

[@YoWhoDat]

I can play these games over and over. I’m about to order the books off Amazon soon, can’t wait to be able to get a more in depth understanding of the story. 🙏

[@Ashley_Fox]

A+ content! (As usual 😋) I love watching these videos after playing the games, it fills in so many gaps for me 😂

[@Mr_Dimis]

Nice to see that WiseFish is back with new video. Making metro content was unsuspected surprise but welcome one.

[@Aerotrain301]

Awesome video man, I really appreciate you taking the time to create a coherent metro 2035 timeline 😀

[@matthewanderson9754]

I've been waiting for this for to to long!!! Thank you!!!

[@eriknyberg5231]

Excellent video! Love hearing about the books!

[@WiseFish]

Thank you dude really appreciate the super thanks!

[@hazy_thoughts]

I've been waiting for this one. Good job

[@WiseFish]

Thanks my dude appreciate you checking it out!

[@Tapperje16]

Read the books, got the games and i just loved this one, it was just amazing! great story telling!

[@ernieTrujillo]

Great video man, thank you for your work

[@R3C4LL_4_L1F3]

Holy shit, for low views this is super high equality and I liked it far more than the only other metro video and that had 1.2 mil. Awesome work bro keep it up! Idk if your looking for feedback at all but if I could, I would recommend when writing your script try to tell it more like your narrating the games themselves. You know tell it from a more personal perspective ig. If your not looking for feedback or that just sounds stupid I love the videos either way!

[@andrew4837]

I’ve watched like five metro timeline videos, but I already know this one will be the best. Any chance you’ll do more mass effect or dead space? It is a saturated field for sure…. But you do them so good. Possibly the last of us?

[@gr8tbigtreehugger]

Many thanks for this excellent video!

[@L3_M]

Love metro games and your lores 😁

[@Tuxedo512]

back to back 1 hour + videos 😍

[@callanbarclay1248]

I’m a huge merto fan thank you so much for covering this story

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

Thank you for giving the book's and the game 's timeline!!!

[@felipecorpuz2476]

This is really interesting. Thanks, man!

[@WiseFish]

Appreciate it dude!

[@fonzieanarchy4630]

Great video!

[@astrogazer1818]

enjoyed your vid. I enjoyed all the metros's. Metro Exo was my favorite. it spread across the surface by a fantastic train ride and SAm's story was a great dlc which still needs an add on to expand the trip and show what sam does in US. I enjoy the ability to sneak through many areas, etc. All in all, a great series.

[@teenh1576]

Exceptionnal content once again !

[@j0eblden342]

can you cover stalker next? love your timelines!

[@denverleboeuf1541]

I know the metro games are predominantly set in Russia, but a story following Sam in his adventure in America would make an amazing addition to the series

[@KodySarmento]

Isn't that a DLC? 🤔

[@denverleboeuf1541]

@@KodySarmento The DLC still takes place in Russia and in one of the two endings we get to see a little bit of a destroyed California but that's it, the credits roll right after.

[@ciphergamingsouthafrica8502]

no, that will make it into fallout, metro is unique cause its set in a real country

[@mrhonkhonk6116]

@@ciphergamingsouthafrica8502no it will not be a fallout bc like you said it more grounded in real world, (minus the mutant) but not as much fantasy as Fallout with those super mutant alien and it's 50' 60's Usa stuck in those era even if the game take place 100years after the bomb

[@ciphergamingsouthafrica8502]

it will be a modern day fallout and lose everything and the unique aspect of metro being not based in the u.s and in russia, a game set in the u.s will lose what makes it metro and be just another post nuclear fallout game or series @@mrhonkhonk6116

[@donaldbell2554]

Awesome as always thank you

[@furanduron4926]

I love the quiet/peaceful moments in metro

[@addisondillon3132]

Love your content I can tell this video is gonna be a banger

[@WiseFish]

Thanks so much really means a lot :)

[@MartinKouba.com_]

Great video! :o

[@Q19484]

1 hour thank God Cant wait fam

[@call-me-v]

Best gaming series ever made. The story is awesome ive read meteo 2033 gonna read 2034 this month also. Really excited for the new metro game also

[@SilverMist0121]

Yeah the books are amazing mate

[@joshuamadjoker4399]

LOVEEEEE IT HOMIE straight fire videos

[@Squizziles]

I feel as if this is a redux of another video from last year but I can’t complain!

[@AlexWoss]

Even though it is hard to develop games these days, but I hope our Ukrainian developers will give us a new Metro game. Looking forward to a new Stalker 😊

[@cjclark1208]

They’re probably dead man..

[@Brandon0406]

@@cjclark1208 they moved to malta...

[@AlexWoss]

@@cjclark1208 4A GAMES has a studio in Kyiv and Malta. The Kyiv office is working a never stopped, obviously, I am not sure about the Malta office 😅So, no worries man.

[@AWMulholland99]

I just finished Exodus, was really good !

[@dylanfriese8077]

The only games I have 100% unlocked achievements on. I did it twice with 2033. If you love these games PLEASE check out the books, The narrorated ones by Rupert Degas are Fantastic!

[@bonkwonkelchip7569]

Cant wait to hear this!

[@aurealproportions1917]

The story of the three games isn't complex but it has a deep lore and every campaign feels really personal.

[@HugoStiglitz88]

This series is GOATed. The books are sick too

[@PsychopathicV2]

I have never read the books. Suffice to say I was absolutely thoroughly lost when you were talking about the events of 2035 and it did not line up with Exodus in any capacity.

[@iAlcatrazZ]

guys please tell me where does the scene at 42:58 come from, I do not remember seeing it ever before the 2033 and last light

[@stevehi8677]

I love how around 18:30 I got an ad for raid shadow legends….” Some rose to power and influencing their ideas on the people around them, these consisted of RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!!!” Lmao

[@rdf4315]

I don't know about anyone else but I just find it comical that in a post apocalyptic world where everything has been destroyed and governments are gone, somehow some way that Jehovah witness has survived just to annoy the s*** out of everyone, but after watching this video it really makes me want a metro TV show done right no wokeness and by the people that did Chernobyl mini series, and who knows we might actually get it if the fallout TV show doesn't wind up sucking.

[@marystone860]

Oh, WOW! Really enjoyed this one! So much more complex than just "Fallout in Russia"! At the end, oh goodie, a Metro Playlist! Thanks! 😊

[@wrath2008]

I won't lie, I love your channel WiseFish but I have to ask have you seen the other videos covering Metros timeline such as Gaming Harrys and if you have, is this a solid watch. Regardless, I cant get enough of gaming video essays and lore and timeline videos. Im just surprised this is recovered since there many that cover this equally in quality

[@dekay1428]

I like it where games takes point of views of genres in other lights. Such as post apocalyptic world, but not in your normal westernized city of North America. Maybe in a rural area, or in this case, the crowded tight spaced metro systems(excluding exodus a lot of the times). Besides, I always like to see games do this. Resident Evil takes place in multiple countries which gives the games more personality. RE4 compared to RE7 are entirely different in gameplay, speed, and location feels. I am going to have this in my playlsit to listen to while driving on tandom occations.

[@TheManWithManyNames]

Allot of the scenes in here I've not seen before and I've watched full playthroughs of both the first a second games many times. Also I'm guessing allot of the stuff in there such as the Cult of the Worm was in the book or books as I've never seen them in the game before.

[@RyanBright-wg1yk]

I always thought Artyom was two when the bombs fell, just because *SPOILERS* that's what he seems to say in the book, and audiobook when he finds the photograph based on what he recalls from what stepfather tells him. When he finds the photo in the apartment on the surface it says Artyom aged 2, and he says he recognised some of the rooms, and if the photo was just before the bombs fell, even a few weeks before then it could've been him, which always led me me to believe Artyom had his second birthday a few weeks before the bombs hit Moscow and his family was evacuated underground. But then again his sense of time is sceptical as he says it could've been a year or two by the time he gets round the metro, but then when he arrives home you find out it's been about one week, and that air of Artyom being cold, shrivelled and sleep deprived turns into Artyom complaining about being mildly cold and in danger whilst sleeping so much he lost all sense of time (relatable), because my word does he get knocked out a lot in book one, between leaving and returning to his first station... which can't be good for his head.

[@SheolAbaddonus666]

The Hanza in the book are said to have a copy of "The wealth of Nations" in a glass container in the city. It's suggested that they are heavily based off of this book and are often called capitalists. The Reich symbol only has 3 arms in the game and in the book; when artyom asks his captor who is a Reich soldier why their "cross" only has three arms, the guard says that it is all they need as they consist of 3 stations, and they may be based off of a past government, but they are their own entity - a reactionary "evolution" of National socialism if you will, and he also says that if they capture another station (either Hanza or Artyoms home I don't remember) they can add a fourth one.

[@GGGG-jn7ib]

if anyone is wondering, a us submarine nuke missed and hit ussr territory and the government was like yolo it full scale nukes launch, as they thought the ussr would retaliate first

[@vincentpari88]

Happy belated 14th birthday Artyom!!

[@Pedro-kp5fu]

i literally just finished exodus for the first time. by literally just i mean im currently looking at the credits

[@WiseFish]

Got to do the DLC now 😉 Two Colonels is great!

[@Damnit1Lost]

My favorite single player series of all time :D

[@JulianDiemOfficial]

Its unbelieveably good

[@mymicrowaveisonfire25]

Woooo a other metro video

[@scottmiller6270]

Only thing that would make this video better is having the song "The Metro" by Berlin in the background.

[@nemanja98rs]

I remember that when reading the books I was really saddened by the end of 2024 when Saša died, she didn't have to, and everyone was trying to do what they though was best, which got many people killed. Next book I wished she really died there, what a sad life for her honestly...

[@panzerek9522]

Great video, however there is one issue, Last light is set before 2034.

[@CiprianXxZz]

Thank you for including the 2035 book because there are major differences btw the book and game. Also the game didn't included alot of adult or more terrible stuff that happeend in the book...but i understand why they did that, to appeal to a larger audience. I like the game and the books. The ending for exodus is wholesome while the ending from the book is more close to reality. I wonder if we will ever see a continuation....for the game and book...i hope so...

[@aweeeeh5255]

The tanks that fired at the metro was not trying to keep the people out but letting the people in. They would've used High Explosive or just machine gunned down the civilians if they were trying to keep the people out.

[@valmarnecroa6021]

I was raised by jahovahs witnessess. The watchtower is also their core organization in the states. So seeing that faction name made me do a double take. Fun fact. They used to be necromancers. They dont like it when you bring that up.

[@Coolman-gp8xm]

I cannot wait for another game to come out if it does which I’m praying they make another one but they were all so good n I’ve beaten them all like 10 times💀

[@HugoStiglitz88]

I was thinking the same thing for the next metro game. The gang goes back to Moscow to show them proof that there are clean places outside of Moscow and that the invisible watchers are keeping them there in the dark It could be half open world as you travel back to Moscow and half old school metro style in the tunnels.

[@user-cw7yi1ew1z]

Finally metro lore. Btw I can't complete this series's bcs of the library mission 💀

[@WiseFish]

You stuck on it or just don’t enjoy it?

[@sebas379]

I had the same issue when i started playing for the first time. I've never managed to get the staring the creature down, as its described, to work. Stock up on shotgun ammo and you can bring it down with a couple of well placed shots. Make sure to stock up on ammo and supplies in the station before you head out to the library

[@user-cw7yi1ew1z]

@@WiseFish I heard lots of comments about how frustrating and scary this level so I don't that many courage to play 💀

[@VegetaWinning]

​@@user-cw7yi1ew1z it's not that bad its pretty easy think I only died once and it was because I let it approache me and then sniff me before it attacked. Just sneak and keep your distance and its fine

[@Dozik1403]

@@user-cw7yi1ew1z put on funny music! Helped me play STALKER at night!

[@Aerotrain301]

I also really love the lore of this series 😄

[@bullshnaganims4326]

i absolutely love this game series

[@hockeyking30]

RIP ULMAN!! THE BEST SPARTAN EVER!! I wish he was in metro exodus

[@sensufr219]

If you guys haven’t yet you need to read the books they are very good

[@jojotv9383]

Should ever come another novel or game for the extension of this timeline following Artyom and his accompanies, I fear the whole "Metro"-thing could not be fully realized because they are already out of the metro. Yeah, exodus was already a bit out of title, luckily the Nowosibirsk arc was just great. I wish for a new game in this timeline, I really do, and I hope it will be set largely in dark, uncomfortable metro tunnels, but I cant think of any way they could pull this off, sadly..

[@sampfrost]

on the sam’s story bit - just decommission the missiles and use the nuclear material for fuel, destroying the entire sub when it’s the missiles which are the issue feels dumb

[@squared80]

I played Metro Exodus expecting a FPS shoot 'em up. I did not expect to be captured by the relationship between Artyom and Anna. I was taken aback by scenes where I could just sit and talk and have her rest her head on my lap, etc. Hadn't seen that in a game before. Is there a similar modern game like this that leans heavily into this kind of relationship?

[@FreemanBgTV]

The books and the game have little differences, but they're great.

[@whileecoyote8719]

Great Video! I believe the first nuclear exchange has to be between Iran and Israel because as far as I know, Lebanon doesn't have nuclear weapons.

[@Nomadith]

Fantastic stories like metro just make me consider moving to Iceland, Greenland or New Zealand if global tension ever gets this untenable

[@iredx]

such a great story

[@Theinvisibleguy_]

1:24:51

[@nativeoriginsent.entertain9637]

Metro Exodus is a unmatched masterpiece for a first person post-apocalyptic video game imo

[@UrDadsFavouriteMaleEscort]

Thanks babe

[@Salt_and_Peroxide]

very sad but great and fun games man I love them

[@mattshriner4897]

Goddammit, I want a DLC for rescuing the children of the forest.

[@minotaur6584]

My first metro game was metro exodus I fell in love with it but I didn’t know about the lore and I got the bad ending in metro exodus