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Colonel Miller is the commander of the Spartan Order in Metro: Last Light and Metro Exodus, Anna's father and Artyom's father-in-law, who loses his legs at D6 and commands the Aurora. He stars in The Two Colonels; Metro 2039 has not shown him as of Nov 3, 2026.
Colonel Miller is the commander of The Spartan Order in the Metro games: the leader of the survivors in Metro: Last Light, and in Metro Exodus the colonel of The Aurora, rational and harsh but caring toward his Spartans. He is Anna's father and Artyom's father-in-law, and the playable hero of The Two Colonels. Metro 2039, out Feb 4, 2027, has not shown or announced him as of Nov 3, 2026: it is set four years after Miller's Spartans left Moscow, and their Order now has Hunter, its first Spartan, ruling the Metro. The ending of Metro Exodus is told below. The clip is Gaming Harry's account of Miller.
Quick facts
| Rank | Colonel |
| Leads | The Spartan Order (Rangers) |
| Games | Metro: Last Light, Metro Exodus, The Two Colonels |
| Family | Daughter Anna; son-in-law Artyom |
| Injury | Lost his legs at D6; mechanical prosthetics in Exodus |
| Fate in Metro Exodus | Dies in the good ending, survives in the bad one |
| In Metro 2039 | Not shown or announced as of Nov 3, 2026 |
Sources: Deep Silver: Metro Exodus; Game Informer, Jan 25, 2019; PCGamesN: Metro Exodus ending explained.
Miller in Metro: Last Light
In Last Light's trailer Miller is the leader of the survivors and Anna is his daughter, a sniper who doubts the "supposed savior", Artyom. The game is the Metro's fight over the doomsday device of D6, the old military bunker. Miller lost his legs in the D6 conflict, the battle at the end of the game. The clip is Gaming Harry's retelling of Metro: Last Light.
Miller in Metro Exodus
By 2036 he walks on mechanical prosthetics and has become Artyom's disapproving father-in-law, convinced "Metro needs to be defended." Game Informer reads him as resenting Artyom for leading everyone out of Moscow. Once the Spartans learn the Metro was lied to, Miller commands the steam train Aurora across Russia, and his bodyguard is Sam, a former US Marine. Deep Silver gives him the line "Too many lives have already been sacrificed..." The clip is Gaming Harry's retelling of Metro Exodus.
How does Miller die?
Only in Metro Exodus's good ending. When Anna needs medicine and Artyom is poisoned by radiation in the Dead City, Miller gives Artyom his last anti-radiation dose and dies; Artyom survives, saves Anna and starts a settlement in Miller's memory. In the bad ending Artyom dies and Miller and Anna survive. The good ending's achievement, "Your Destination", reads "Assume command of the Order". How to reach each is on Metro Endings. The clip is Gaming Harry's retelling of the good ending.
The Two Colonels
Miller is the hero of the second half of The Two Colonels (Aug 20, 2019), the Exodus DLC set in the tunnels under the dead city of Novosibirsk. It intercuts Colonel Khlebnikov's last days, going home to his son Kirill on New Year's Eve, with Miller retracing his steps a year later. It is a linear, tunnel-bound story in the style of the first two games, with a flamethrower. The clip is Gaming Harry's retelling of The Two Colonels.
Is Miller called Melnik in the novels?
Readers often search the name Melnik alongside Miller's, from Glukhovsky's books. No publisher or press source read for this page names the novels' Ranger commander or ties him to the game's Miller as of Nov 3, 2026, so the match is left unconfirmed here; the books are on Metro 2033 (Novel) and Metro 2035 (Novel).
Frequently asked questions
Who is Colonel Miller in Metro? Colonel Miller is the commander of the Spartan Order in Metro: Last Light and Metro Exodus, Anna's father and the Aurora's commander.
Does Miller die in Metro Exodus? Miller dies in Metro Exodus's good ending, giving Artyom his last anti-radiation dose; in the bad ending he survives.
Is Miller in Metro 2039? Miller is not shown or announced for Metro 2039 as of Nov 3, 2026; its makers say Artyom and his Rangers are not coming back.
How did Miller lose his legs? Colonel Miller lost his legs in the battle for D6 at the end of Metro: Last Light, and wears prosthetics in Metro Exodus.
Who is the other colonel in The Two Colonels? Colonel Khlebnikov, whose last days in Novosibirsk Miller retraces a year later in Metro Exodus's The Two Colonels DLC.
Sources
- Metro Exodus, Deep Silver, undated
- Metro Exodus Cover Story: Leaving The Rails, Game Informer, Jan 25, 2019
- New Metro: Last Light Trailer Explores A Savior, Salvation, And Suspicion, Game Informer, Apr 29, 2013
- Metro Is Gaming's Most Interesting Post-Apocalypse, Game Informer, Feb 17, 2019
- Metro Exodus ending explained, PCGamesN, undated
- Metro Exodus: The Two Colonels trailer reveals a return to tunnels and horror, PC Gamer, Aug 21, 2019
- Metro 2039 is a "journey back into Hell", GamesRadar+, Aug 27, 2026
- Metro Last Light Redux and Metro Exodus: The Two Colonels, Steam, undated
- Metro Exodus achievements, Steam Community
- The ENTIRE Metro Story... So Far..., Gaming Harry, May 14, 2022 (video)
Moments
The ENTIRE Metro Story... So Far...
Gaming Harry
- Colonel Miller is the commander of The Spartan Order in the Metro games: the leader of the survivors in Metro: Last…
- In Last Light's trailer Miller is the leader of the survivors and Anna is his daughter, a sniper who doubts the…
- By 2036 he walks on mechanical prosthetics and has become Artyom's disapproving father-in-law, convinced "Metro needs…
- Only in Metro Exodus's good ending. When Anna needs medicine and Artyom is poisoned by radiation in the Dead City…
- Miller is the hero of the second half of The Two Colonels (Aug 20, 2019), the Exodus DLC set in the tunnels under the…
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HunterHunter is the Spartan Ranger of Metro 2033 whose creed is "If it's hostile, you kill it", missing from the games after it and back in Metro 2039 as the Fuhrer of the Novoreich, the regime that rules almost the entire Moscow Metro. In the novel Metro 2034 he turns up at Sevastopol station a year after Metro 2033.
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KhanKhan is the mystic of the Metro series, a shamanic guide to the tunnels' unseen side in Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light and the hero of the VR prequel Metro Awakening. Metro 2039's creative director quoted him to explain why souls cannot leave the Metro.
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How Long to Beat MetroMetro 2039's length has not been announced; 4A Games says only that its critical path is longer than Metro Exodus's. By HowLongToBeat's player figures, Metro Exodus takes 16 hours for the main story, Metro 2033 about 9.5 and Metro: Last Light about 10.5.
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Metro Difficulty ModesMetro's hardest setting is Ranger Mode, which removes the HUD and makes ammunition scarce; it began as a 2010 add-on for Metro 2033, was a paid pre-order extra in Metro: Last Light, and is built into Metro Redux and Metro Exodus, where it is Ranger Hardcore. Metro 2039's difficulty modes have not been announced.
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Metro EndingsEvery mainline Metro game so far has two endings, picked by a hidden karma system rather than a final menu choice: Metro 2033's ordinary and "Enlightened" endings, Metro: Last Light's "Redemption" and "C'est la vie", and Metro Exodus's good and bad endings. Metro 2039 brings hidden karma back, but how many endings it has is not announced.
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Metro Games in OrderThe Metro games in release order are Metro 2033 (2010), Metro: Last Light (2013), Metro Redux (2014), Arktika.1 (2017), Metro Exodus (2019) with its two DLCs and Enhanced Edition, Metro Awakening (2024) and Metro 2039 (Feb 4, 2027). In story order, Metro Awakening (2028) comes first and Metro 2039 last.
See also
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The Spartan OrderThe Spartan Order is the Metro series' elite brotherhood of Rangers, who protect the Metro's people under Colonel Miller and leave Moscow with Artyom in Metro Exodus. In Metro 2039 its first Spartan, Hunter, rules the Metro as Fuhrer, and the hero, the Stranger, is a former Spartan.
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Metro: Last LightMetro: Last Light is 4A Games' 2013 sequel to Metro 2033, published by Deep Silver after THQ's bankruptcy, in which Artyom, now a Spartan, hunts the last Dark One while the Metro's factions fight over the D6 bunker. It had four DLC packs and two endings, and its remake is Metro: Last Light Redux.
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Metro ExodusMetro Exodus is 4A Games' third Metro game, out Feb 15, 2019 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One, in which Artyom and the Spartans leave Moscow aboard the Aurora train and cross Russia over a year. It mixes linear missions with large open levels, sold over 10 million copies by Feb 2024, and is followed by Metro 2039.
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The AuroraThe Aurora is the armored steam locomotive of Metro Exodus, the moving base on which Artyom, Anna, Colonel Miller and the Spartans cross Russia for a year after leaving Moscow. It has not appeared in Metro 2039 as of Nov 3, 2026.
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AnnaAnna is Colonel Miller's daughter, the Spartan Order's best sniper, met in Metro: Last Light and married to Artyom by Metro Exodus. She has not been shown or announced for Metro 2039 as of Nov 3, 2026.
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ArtyomArtyom is the hero of the Metro novels and of Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light and Metro Exodus, a young man of VDNKh station who becomes a Spartan Ranger. He is not the protagonist of Metro 2039, and no return has been announced as of Nov 3, 2026.