Despite the odds, GSC Game World released its highly anticipated post-apocalyptic shooter Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl last week. Its launch may have been plagued with bugs, but that did not stop fans from grabbing the game as it passes a major sales milestone just a week after its release.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl launched on November 20 after years of development, and it seems to be off to a solid start. Developer GSC Game World announced that the first-person survival game has cleared 1 million copies sold across PC and Xbox, but that doesn't tell the entire story of how many people have played it.

Heart of Chornobyl has sold over a million copies, with even more players through Xbox Game Pass. After years of development that were heavily disrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, GSC Game World's STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl launched on Nov.