The founder of the GSC Game World studio, Serhiy Grigorovich, revealed details about his new game project called STRANGER. The game is currently at the prototyping and design document completion stage, and the early announcement was necessary primarily to attract the attention of potential investors.
The founder of the GSC Game World studio, Serhiy Grigorovich, revealed details about his new game project called STRANGER. The game is currently at the prototyping and design document completion stage, and the early announcement was necessary primarily to attract the attention of potential investors.
The developer said this in an interview with Ukrainian gaming blogger OLDboi.
The plot of STRANGER will revolve around a time traveler with the same call sign. The key focus of the project is on Ukrainian identity and history — from the times of Kievan Rus, baptism and the Tatar-Mongol invasion to the events of the present day. The game will also feature the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the Bermuda Triangle, locations in other countries of the world and numerous references, including the Russian full-scale invasion.
The team has not yet decided on the genre of the future game, as well as the development timeline. Grigorovich holds the position of Executive Producer and is directly involved in the process. According to him, although modern game development tools speed up the work, the creation of large titles still requires several years and the involvement of hundreds of specialists. The developer himself recalled that both parts of the STRANGER series can be developed for a long time, and in the future the project should receive several additions.
Separately, Serhiy Grigorovich touched on the topic of relations with the company GSC Game World. According to the developer, he still has not received funds from the sales of STALKER 2, which is why he plans to apply to arbitration. Despite this, he believes it is possible to release STRANGER under the brand of his native studio.
«I think the negotiations will reach the point where STRANGER and I will release under the GSC Game World brand. It will be beneficial for them, and it will be beneficial for me. My brother is the CEO of the company, in fact, everything depends on him,» said Grigorovich.
He previously said that development of STRANGER only started in February 2026. The authors of the original STALKER are working on the game, but not GSC Game World itself.
