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Khan 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.
Khan is the Metro series' mystic, who in his own game moves between the visible world and the unseen: a figure of Metro 2033, "a shamanic hunter" in Metro: Last Light, and the hero of Metro Awakening, the VR prequel that tells how he became Khan. Metro 2039 has not announced him as a character as of Nov 3, 2026, but his ideas are part of it: creative director Andriy Shevchenko quoted Khan from Metro 2033 to explain why souls cannot leave the Metro, as the new game brings back ghosts, anomalies and The Dark Ones. The clip is Gaming Harry's account of Khan in Metro 2033.
Quick facts
| Role | Mystic |
| Games | Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light (and its KHAN level), Metro Awakening |
| Real name in Awakening | Serdar, a doctor (Vertigo Games' spelling) |
| Awakening's year | 2028 |
| In Metro 2039 | Quoted by the makers; not announced as a character as of Nov 3, 2026 |
Sources: Vertigo Games, Sep 24, 2024; Steam: Metro Awakening; METRO Last Light Redux achievements; GamesRadar+, Aug 27, 2026.
Khan in Metro 2033 and Last Light
In the first two games Khan is the mystic among the people Artyom meets, and it is his Metro 2033 words about souls that 4A chose to explain Metro 2039's ghosts. Digital Trends' Last Light review calls him "the shamanic hunter" with a distinct personality. Last Light's add-ons gave him a level of his own, KHAN, alongside ANNA and PAVEL. The clip is Gaming Harry's retelling of Metro: Last Light.
Khan in Metro Awakening
Metro Awakening (Nov 7, 2024, by Vertigo Games with Deep Silver) is a standalone prequel to Metro 2033, set in the Metro in 2028. Serdar, a doctor, searches the tunnels for his missing wife and becomes Khan, and players live his origin "as if they were in his shoes". Glukhovsky wrote the story and called it "so essential to me". UploadVR spelled the doctor "Sedar"; the maker writes Serdar. The clip is Eurogamer's review of Metro Awakening.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Khan in Metro? Khan is the mystic of the Metro games, met in Metro 2033 and Last Light, and the hero of the VR prequel Metro Awakening.
Is Khan in Metro 2039? Khan is not announced as a Metro 2039 character as of Nov 3, 2026, though its creative director quoted him to explain the game's ghosts.
What is Khan's real name? In Metro Awakening, Khan begins as Serdar, a doctor searching the Metro for his missing wife in 2028.
Sources
- Metro 2039 is a "journey back into Hell", GamesRadar+, Aug 27, 2026
- Games, glukhovsky.com, undated
- Metro: Last Light review, Digital Trends, updated Apr 24, 2023
- Metro Awakening release date and pre-orders, Vertigo Games, Sep 24, 2024
- METRO AWAKENING IS OUT NOW, Plaion, Nov 7, 2024
- The next Metro game is a 'story-driven VR adventure', PC Gamer, Feb 1, 2024
- Metro Awakening, Steam, undated
- METRO Last Light Redux achievements, Steam Community
- The ENTIRE Metro Story... So Far..., Gaming Harry, May 14, 2022 (video)
- Metro Awakening VR Review, Eurogamer, Nov 6, 2024 (video)
Moments
The ENTIRE Metro Story... So Far...
Gaming Harry
Metro Awakening VR Review
Eurogamer
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Colonel MillerColonel 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.
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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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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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Metro 2033Metro 2033 is 4A Games' first Metro game, a story-driven shooter published by THQ on Mar 16, 2010 for Xbox 360 and PC, in which Artyom crosses the Moscow Metro to save his home station from the Dark Ones. Its remake, Metro 2033 Redux, is the version sold today.
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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 AwakeningMetro Awakening is a virtual reality Metro game by Vertigo Games, out Nov 7, 2024 on PlayStation VR2, Meta Quest 2 and 3, SteamVR and Viveport. A prequel to Metro 2033 written by Dmitry Glukhovsky, it follows Serdar, a doctor searching the tunnels for his missing wife, who becomes the mystic Khan.
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The Dark OnesThe Dark Ones are the mind-invading beings from Moscow's surface in the Metro novel and games, the threat of Metro 2033 and the hidden saviors of Metro: Last Light, who told Artyom they would return. They return in Metro 2039, where Hunter calls them an enemy to be destroyed.
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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.