You may take on the role of anyone you wish—a power plant worker, firefighter, engineer, military personnel, doctor, scientist, local resident, or even a government official. The story unfolds in and around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, beginning on April 26, 1986, in the aftermath of the catastrophic reactor explosion. Your choices, actions, and survival will shape your experience during one of history’s worst nuclear disasters.