Among the best extraction shooters
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“In my opinion, the best extraction shooter ever made.”
Steam review · 553.3 h played ↗
The Cycle: Frontier
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%YAGER2022Extraction Shooter · Survival · Looter Shooter
The verdict
Shut-down extraction shooter that fans remember as one of the best, but it's no longer playable officially. Cheaters, gear imbalance and matchmaking hurt it.
Great for
Nostalgic fans following community revival projects
Main risk
Official servers are gone, so the game can't be played
What players love
Arc Raiders before Arc Raiders
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“I liked this one 10x better than Arc Raiders. It at least had personality”
Steam review · 30.4 h played ↗
Fluid combat, visuals and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“had bright & pleasing visuals, fluid combat, and a polished gameplay loop.”
Steam review · 145.7 h played ↗
More approachable than Tarkov, PvE option
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“not always being forced to play pvp was nice”
Steam review · 169.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Rampant cheaters
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the constant wall hacking locations to find players and inventory check cheats along with the usual aimbot BS”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Matchmaking and gear imbalance vs. new players
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“you can expect to be 1-shot killed by elite players on the starter map at a moment's notice any time you make any noise”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗
Poor developer management
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“good game, bad management, too many potentials wasted coz of incompetence.”
Steam review · 101.2 h played ↗
Shut down; players feel scammed
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“i spent 80 on the game in 2022 and i really wouldnt have if i known the devs were gonna abandon ship and run”
Steam review · 148.3 h played ↗
Login errors and unplayable after shutdown
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“it loads for about half an hour then says that i failed to login”
Steam review · 11.4 h played ↗
No reconnect; crashes lose your loot
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“If your game crashes it wipes your inventory without any chance to get your items back.”
Steam review · 55.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported37 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R9 270; 2GB VRAM
Storage37 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 570; 4GB VRAM
Storage37 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R9 270; 2GB VRAM
Storage37 GB available space
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