2021's Chernobylite was a survival-stealth FPS set in the Zone of Alienation, only a version of the Zone where the laws of physics had been broken and a whole lot of people with guns moved in.
The obvious similarities to STALKER ended at the concept, and Chernobylite was actually about putting together a heist crew, recruiting companions and reinforcing your base of operations between missions around the Zone.
It was thoroughly decent—not great, not terrible—exactly the kind of game a sequel could improve on in interesting ways. Which is why it's good news that a Kickstarter for Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone has already passed its funding target.
It's raised enough in the opening days of its crowdfunding campaign to pay for a couple of stretch goals, namely the option to switch between third-person and first-person in play, and all the guns from the original game being carried over into the sequel.
Chernobylite 2 promises to be more of an open world RPG than the original, one letting you build your reputation with three competing factions (scientists, mercs, and mutants), and also build your character's, er, build.