Grand Theft Auto: Vice City vs S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

A full spec-by-spec comparison of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City vs S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — engine, performance, dimensions, features and price, with the differences highlighted to help you decide.

Specification Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Rockstar Games S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl SEGA, GSC Game World, 4Divinity
Overview
Release Date October 27, 2002 November 20, 2024
Availability Released Released
Age Rating Mature
Developer Rockstar North GSC Game World
Publisher Rockstar Games SEGA, GSC Game World, 4Divinity
Official Site https://www.rockstargames.com/games/vicecity https://www.stalker2.com/
Gameplay
Genre Action Action, Shooter, Adventure, RPG
Game Modes Single-player, Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective Third-person First-person
Average Playtime 2 hours 7 hours
Platforms & Pricing
Platforms PC, PlayStation, Xbox, iOS, Android, Apple Macintosh PC, Xbox
Available On PlayStation Store, Steam, Google Play, App Store GOG, Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox Store
PC Requirements
Minimum Requirements OS: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP Processor: 800 MHz Intel Pentium III or 800 MHz AMD Athlon or 1.2GHz Intel Celeron or 1.2 GHz AMD Duron processor Memory: 128 MB of RAM Graphics: 32 MB video card with DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers ("GeForce" or better) DirectX Version: Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 Hard Drive: 915 MB of free hard disk space (+ 635 MB if video card does NOT support DirectX Texture Compression) Sound Card: Sound Card with DirectX 9.0Recommended: Processor: Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon XP processor 256(+) MB of RAM Memory: 1.55 GB of free hard disk space(+ 635 MB if video card does NOT support DirectX Texture Compression) Graphics: 64(+) MB video card with DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers ("GeForce 3" / "Radeon 8500" or better with DirectX Texture Compression support) OS: Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64 Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB / Intel Arc A750 Storage: 160 GB available space Additional Notes: Graphics Preset: LOW / Resolution: 1080p / Target FPS: 30. 16 GB Dual Channel RAM. SSD required. The listed specifications were evaluated using TSR and comparable technologies.
Recommended Requirements OS: Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64 Processor: Intel Core i7-11700 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Memory: 32 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti / Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Storage: 160 GB available space Additional Notes: Graphics Preset: HIGH / Resolution: 1440p / Target FPS: 60. 32 GB Dual Channel RAM. SSD required. The above specifications were tested with TSR, DLSS, FSR and XeSS.
Critic & Community Scores
Metacritic 94 / 100
Community Rating 4.5 / 5 (3,110 ratings) 3.8 / 5 (312 ratings)