Escape from Tarkov

Escape from Tarkov is a highly realistic tactical first-person raid shooter developed by the Saint Petersburg studio Battlestate Games. You play as a mercenary of one of two opposing private military companies: the American USEC or the Russian BEAR. The fictional Russian city of Tarkov is engulfed in chaos and cut off from the outside world. Your task is to survive, collect valuable gear, and leave the zone through one of the exits.

Every raid puts your survival at stake: if you die, you lose all the gear you carried with you. There are no hints and no mini-map, wounds and treatment are realistic, and there are hundreds of ways to build a weapon part by part. EFT created a whole genre that dozens of games imitate.

After eight years of development, version 1.0 was released on November 15, 2025 on Steam, adding a narrative mode, new locations, and the long-awaited co-op PvE. The current Icebreaker update (June 2026) opened a large PvE location aboard a ship with a non-linear story and a hacking mechanic.

Fully available in Russian: interface, voice-over, and subtitles.

A hardcore tactical shooter from a Russian studio set in besieged Tarkov. Collect loot and get out alive, or lose everything. Version 1.0 with PvE and co-op.