--- product_id: 111398786 title: "Metro 2033" price: "COP 8227" currency: COP in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co/products/111398786-metro-2033 store_origin: CO region: Colombia --- # Metro 2033 **Price:** COP 8227 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Metro 2033 - **How much does it cost?** COP 8227 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co](https://www.desertcart.co/products/111398786-metro-2033) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct and the half-destroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation. Beyond their boundaries, they say, lie endless burned-out deserts and the remains of splintered forests. Survivors still remember the past greatness of humankind, but the last remains of civilisation have already become a distant memory. Man has handed over stewardship of the Earth to new life-forms. Mutated by radiation, they are better adapted to the new world. A few score thousand survivors live on, not knowing whether they are the only ones left on Earth, living in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. Stations have become mini-statelets, their people uniting around ideas, religions, water-filters, or the need to repulse enemy incursion. VDNKh is the northernmost inhabited station on its line, one of the Metro's best stations and secure. But a new and terrible threat has appeared. Artyom, a young man living in VDNKh, is given the task of penetrating to the heart of the Metro to alert everyone to the danger and to get help. He holds the future of his station in his hands, the whole Metro - and maybe the whole of humanity. Review: The Book vs. The Video Game - I came to Metro 2033 after playing the game first, curious to learn more about the world that sucked me in. I quickly realized the book is very different from the game, and in a good way. Where the game leans on suspense and action, the book slows down and builds out an eerie, detailed vision of post-nuclear Moscow’s metro system. It’s shrouded in mystery, layered with supernatural touches, and has a level of suspense that keeps you hooked. What stood out most for me was the sheer depth of the world and the different types of people Artyom encounters. The book really captures the struggle of humanity trying to survive, adapt, and make sense of life in the tunnels after an apocalypse. It dives into philosophical themes about existence, survival, and human nature, things the game could only hint at. Sometimes it does slow down in these moments, but I actually enjoyed the more thoughtful, horror-tinged pacing. That said, if you’re expecting nonstop firefights like in the game, this might feel a little slower than you’d want. There are definitely tense and thrilling moments, but the focus is more on atmosphere and ideas than pure action. Still, I think that’s what makes it such a powerful read. Whether you’ve played the game or not, Metro 2033 is worth picking up. It’s part thriller, part mild horror, and part deep dive into what humanity might become after the end of the world. Review: Refreshing - Metro 2033 attempts to take a genre filled to the brim with generic stories and create a new and exciting perspective. For the most part it succeeds. By telling the story from a Russian perspective the author exposes the reader to ideas and customs not often heard of in American literature. Its story is creepy and feels like a genuine representation of what a post apocalyptic society would function like. This is why the story succeeds, and its supernatural elements are done extremely well and do not feel out of place. Metros strength is in its atmosphere and situations it creates. The main character Artyom is forced unto a quest whose goal does not become clear till the later third of the book. This allows the book to focus on the world around Artyom and the journey to find out the true purpose of his mission. Many of the factions in the Metro mimic real life nations with some being strictly capitalist while others adopting stricter doctrines such as communism or Fascism. The author takes these factions from real life influences but adds a unique spin to them. For example the Nazi party believes that pure blood Russians are the master race while the Nazi party of 1940’s Germany believed in German superiority. This is present throughout the book, where many of the people trapped in the metro adopt religions and doctrines from the real world but with limited information about it decide to create their own principles. The stations in Metro serve as a “safe zone” for travelers. But due to the ever present threat of rival factions and creatures the reader is never fully at peace even when Artyom is in a friendly environment. One aspect the book does well is making the reader ever tense and on edge. The book develops a sense of ever present danger and make the calmer chapters a welcome change for the reader. This is a great aspect because the reader feels the tension of the protagonist and is able to be more immersed in the book. Overall the book is well written, and the reader will rarely get bored. One issue is the book can feel a bit long since it take so long for the main quest to start. Its a refreshing step away from generic post apocalyptic fiction and tackles a smaller more personal story then books such as The Passage or The Stand. I highly recommend this book to those tired of the genre and in need of a unique perspective. ## Images ![Metro 2033 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81pNKLAG-cL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Book vs. The Video Game *by E***. on September 10, 2025* I came to Metro 2033 after playing the game first, curious to learn more about the world that sucked me in. I quickly realized the book is very different from the game, and in a good way. Where the game leans on suspense and action, the book slows down and builds out an eerie, detailed vision of post-nuclear Moscow’s metro system. It’s shrouded in mystery, layered with supernatural touches, and has a level of suspense that keeps you hooked. What stood out most for me was the sheer depth of the world and the different types of people Artyom encounters. The book really captures the struggle of humanity trying to survive, adapt, and make sense of life in the tunnels after an apocalypse. It dives into philosophical themes about existence, survival, and human nature, things the game could only hint at. Sometimes it does slow down in these moments, but I actually enjoyed the more thoughtful, horror-tinged pacing. That said, if you’re expecting nonstop firefights like in the game, this might feel a little slower than you’d want. There are definitely tense and thrilling moments, but the focus is more on atmosphere and ideas than pure action. Still, I think that’s what makes it such a powerful read. Whether you’ve played the game or not, Metro 2033 is worth picking up. It’s part thriller, part mild horror, and part deep dive into what humanity might become after the end of the world. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Refreshing *by E***H on December 10, 2013* Metro 2033 attempts to take a genre filled to the brim with generic stories and create a new and exciting perspective. For the most part it succeeds. By telling the story from a Russian perspective the author exposes the reader to ideas and customs not often heard of in American literature. Its story is creepy and feels like a genuine representation of what a post apocalyptic society would function like. This is why the story succeeds, and its supernatural elements are done extremely well and do not feel out of place. Metros strength is in its atmosphere and situations it creates. The main character Artyom is forced unto a quest whose goal does not become clear till the later third of the book. This allows the book to focus on the world around Artyom and the journey to find out the true purpose of his mission. Many of the factions in the Metro mimic real life nations with some being strictly capitalist while others adopting stricter doctrines such as communism or Fascism. The author takes these factions from real life influences but adds a unique spin to them. For example the Nazi party believes that pure blood Russians are the master race while the Nazi party of 1940’s Germany believed in German superiority. This is present throughout the book, where many of the people trapped in the metro adopt religions and doctrines from the real world but with limited information about it decide to create their own principles. The stations in Metro serve as a “safe zone” for travelers. But due to the ever present threat of rival factions and creatures the reader is never fully at peace even when Artyom is in a friendly environment. One aspect the book does well is making the reader ever tense and on edge. The book develops a sense of ever present danger and make the calmer chapters a welcome change for the reader. This is a great aspect because the reader feels the tension of the protagonist and is able to be more immersed in the book. Overall the book is well written, and the reader will rarely get bored. One issue is the book can feel a bit long since it take so long for the main quest to start. Its a refreshing step away from generic post apocalyptic fiction and tackles a smaller more personal story then books such as The Passage or The Stand. I highly recommend this book to those tired of the genre and in need of a unique perspective. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great read, excellent story and unique idea but very poor translation. *by K***O on January 29, 2014* This is probably one of the most unique books I've read in a long time. An excellent post-nuclear apocalyptic setting based around the world that formed in the Russian metro after civilization is destroyed (for those that don't know, we have duck and cover while the Russians have run-like-hell-to-the-subway-within-20mins-or-your-screwed). The story and setting are very dark and bleak, the element of the dreadful unknown is perfectly done throughout the book. The characters are interesting and unique and the different groups are well done. When reading the book I could really feel and get into the claustrophobic setting and dismal atmosphere of the book, something I can not say very often. This is one of my favorite sci-fi/horror/post-apocalyptic books of all time. I liked it so much I bought the video game (I'm not much of a gamer either). Despite a packed and oft done genre, Metro manages to be an incredibly unique take with a well done and engaging plot. That said, it is a very dark Russian novel with a reoccurring theme of the inhumanity of man after the break down of civil order, is often nihilistic and hopeless so those sensitive to such things or who need some shred of optimism or hope in their post-apocalypse stories beware. Also, important to note is that it's not an action packed book. The book was certainly thrilling to me but the story is built largely around character interactions and dialogue which can be dense in a few places. There are plenty of heavily armed characters and battles, especially towards the end of the book but it isn't the intense fast-paced conflict fans of the video game might be looking for. Only four stars because of the translation. It is replete with grammatical errors (and I'm not being nit picky here, it is very noticeable). It's nothing as bad as a bad Chinese martial arts film subtitled translation, but frequently there are sentences that are clumsy and occasionally ones that require a careful reading to discern what they're trying to say. In my reading it was only a mild problem, every now and then I'd have to read over a sentence again or laugh to myself at the error. However, I lent it to a friend who couldn't get past the first few chapter because of the error laden dialogue. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co/products/111398786-metro-2033](https://www.desertcart.co/products/111398786-metro-2033) --- *Product available on Desertcart Colombia* *Store origin: CO* *Last updated: 2026-05-26*