Metro Redux next-gen update hits PS5 and Xbox Series X|S with 4K and 120fps
PS5 Pro gets PSSR upscaling and Xbox adds Play Anywhere, but old Microsoft Store saves will not carry over. The PC version of the update arrived on October 22.
Deep Silver and 4A Games released the free Metro Redux next-gen update on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on October 29, 2026. Both Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux now run at native 4K and 60fps, or upscaled 4K at up to 120fps on displays that support it, with no charge for existing owners.
What changes on console
This is not a remaster. 4A says the original Redux look has been preserved, but the update adds 4K textures, improved PBR materials, screen-space global illumination, runtime tessellation and displacement, better shadows and particles, and upgraded animation and audio. PS5 Pro owners get PSSR upscaling, and DualSense adaptive triggers are supported. On Xbox, the update brings 4A's TSR upscaling, Impulse Trigger support, Xbox Play Anywhere, and a power-optimised mode tuned for the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds.
The PC version landed a week earlier, on October 22, with uncapped frame rates, DLSS and FSR alongside 4A TSR, spatial audio, and a long list of community-reported fixes for crashes, broken saves and controller detection. A follow-up hotfix sorted out high-resolution detection and a disappearing Steam overlay.
The save catch
Returning Xbox players should read the fine print. According to Deep Silver's patch notes, save files from the Microsoft Store version do not transfer to the upgraded build. Every chapter is unlocked, so you can jump straight to where you left off, but you start that chapter with a default loadout instead of your old inventory.
Why now
The timing lines up with Metro 2039, which launches on February 4, 2027, and is now open for pre-order. Deep Silver also used the update announcement to confirm that the series has passed 50 million copies sold. Linking a Deep Silver account in either Redux game unlocks a digital comic book and adds an entry into a competition for a copy of Metro 2039.
For players in Southeast Asia, the update is free on the same storefronts as everywhere else: Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG on PC, plus PlayStation and Xbox. Deep Silver notes that Japanese console players get the update in November, but it lists no other regional delay. If you never finished Artyom's first two outings, this is the cleanest way to catch up before 2039.
Source: Notebookcheck; Deep Silver and 4A Games (Steam announcements and patch notes).
