Unique, addictive tension and adrenaline
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“no other game will make you feel like tarkov when you win or lose.”
Steam review · 115.7 h played ↗
Escape from Tarkov
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Mixed · 50%Mixed · 50%Battlestate Games2025Psychological Horror · Extraction Shooter · Looter Shooter
The verdict
A brutal, unique extraction shooter with deep gunplay and tension, but plagued by cheaters, poor optimization, launcher/account problems and a punishing learning curve. Skip it if you're new or want polish.
Great for
Masochistic hardcore players who want deep gun customization and high-stakes tension, ideally in PvE or with friends
Main risk
Cheaters, bugs, crashes, long loading and brutal difficulty can ruin it, and support rarely helps
What players love
PvE mode is a relaxed, cheater-free option
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“just make sure you stick with the PvE part. Then you'll get a fun experience at your own pace that's completely free from cheaters.”
Steam review · 90.8 h played ↗
Deep, realistic gun customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“I love the realistic battle settings and the highly customizable gun building system.”
Steam review · 34.8 h played ↗
Immersive atmosphere and great sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“The environments are just stunning. The sound design is amazing.”
Steam review · 88.5 h played ↗
Deep progression, quests and loot
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“I love the grind of the quests and the thill of finding rare loot.”
Steam review · 52.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor optimization and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Game crashes quite often”
Steam review · 25.2 h played ↗
Launcher, login and account problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“spent almost 2 hours tying to launch the game and kept running into an error code every time”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Very long loading and matchmaking
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“it takes 3 minutes to load a PvE raid even on an SSD and lags terribly”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 0.6 h played ↗
Cheaters in PvP
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“i ran into 5 cheaters my first 10 games im done dont buy this”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Bans and unhelpful support
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“If you message their support through their website you will be ignored with copy paste answers.”
Steam review · 632.2 h played ↗
Hostile to newcomers: no map or exit hints
NEW · LAST 30 DAYSMentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“really hard to get into the game without a map no pointers towards extraction points”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported80 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 3600 or similar
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1660 or similar
Storage80 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i7-14700F or better
Memory64 GB RAM
GraphicsRTX 4070 or better
Storage80 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 3600 or similar
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1660 or similar
Storage80 GB available space
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