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Escape from Tarkov

Battlestate Games · 2025-11-15

Steam

ActionMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Nov 15, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.

Escape from Tarkov is an Action, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2025, priced at $49.99, with a review sentiment of Mixed (49% of 61115 reviews).

39,933
playing now
49%
positive of 63k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
22,897
twitch viewers (latest)
30/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (298 ratings)
1100h
to beat · rushed 550h · completionist 5000h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

39,933 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Escape from Tarkov is a multiplayer first-person tactical extraction shooter video game developed by Battlestate Games for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in the fictional Norvinsk region in northwestern Russia, where a war is taking place between two private military companies. Players join matches called "raids" in which they fight other players and bots for loot and aim to survive and escape.

Trailer

Escape from Tarkov trailer thumbnail

Escape from Tarkov 1.0 Release Gameplay Trailer

≈429,909 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 39,933 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 5,787 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~723/week).
  • · Review velocity up 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (22,876 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3M–2.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 63,160 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $33.49 at Fanatical (2026-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 19 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16k16k20252026Week of 2025-11-15: 7,229 positiveWeek of 2025-11-15: 15,647 negativeWeek of 2025-11-22: 4,549 positiveWeek of 2025-11-22: 2,388 negativeWeek of 2025-11-29: 2,796 positiveWeek of 2025-11-29: 1,138 negativeWeek of 2025-12-06: 570 positiveWeek of 2025-12-06: 607 negativeWeek of 2025-12-13: 464 positiveWeek of 2025-12-13: 429 negativeWeek of 2025-12-20: 600 positiveWeek of 2025-12-20: 655 negativeWeek of 2025-12-27: 639 positiveWeek of 2025-12-27: 686 negativeWeek of 2026-01-03: 476 positiveWeek of 2026-01-03: 478 negativeWeek of 2026-01-10: 314 positiveWeek of 2026-01-10: 298 negativeWeek of 2026-01-17: 266 positiveWeek of 2026-01-17: 226 negativeWeek of 2026-01-24: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-01-24: 186 negativeWeek of 2026-01-31: 199 positiveWeek of 2026-01-31: 190 negativeWeek of 2026-02-07: 207 positiveWeek of 2026-02-07: 225 negativeWeek of 2026-02-14: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-02-14: 257 negativeWeek of 2026-02-21: 250 positiveWeek of 2026-02-21: 231 negativeWeek of 2026-02-28: 226 positiveWeek of 2026-02-28: 203 negativeWeek of 2026-03-07: 211 positiveWeek of 2026-03-07: 227 negativeWeek of 2026-03-14: 197 positiveWeek of 2026-03-14: 260 negativeWeek of 2026-03-21: 358 positiveWeek of 2026-03-21: 386 negativeWeek of 2026-03-28: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-03-28: 229 negativeWeek of 2026-04-04: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-04-04: 190 negativeWeek of 2026-04-11: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-04-11: 182 negativeWeek of 2026-04-18: 215 positiveWeek of 2026-04-18: 163 negativeWeek of 2026-04-25: 207 positiveWeek of 2026-04-25: 167 negativeWeek of 2026-05-02: 195 positiveWeek of 2026-05-02: 138 negativeWeek of 2026-05-09: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-05-09: 170 negativeWeek of 2026-05-16: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-05-16: 132 negativeWeek of 2026-05-23: 299 positiveWeek of 2026-05-23: 227 negativeWeek of 2026-05-30: 258 positiveWeek of 2026-05-30: 281 negativeWeek of 2026-06-06: 226 positiveWeek of 2026-06-06: 226 negativeWeek of 2026-06-13: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-06-13: 213 negativeWeek of 2026-06-20: 283 positiveWeek of 2026-06-20: 276 negativeWeek of 2026-06-27: 554 positiveWeek of 2026-06-27: 451 negativeWeek of 2026-07-04: 452 positiveWeek of 2026-07-04: 431 negativeWeek of 2026-07-11: 395 positiveWeek of 2026-07-11: 379 negativeWeek of 2026-07-18: 394 positiveWeek of 2026-07-18: 310 negativeWeek of 2026-07-25: 311 positiveWeek of 2026-07-25: 230 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 363 negativeWeek of 2026-08-08: 143 positiveWeek of 2026-08-08: 120 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

46k6.2k2026-08-12 02:00 — 21,434 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 39,862 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 20,619 players2026-08-13 14:00 — 39,981 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 21,085 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 40,891 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 23,779 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 43,959 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 25,019 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 45,859 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 22,079 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 41,748 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 20,857 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 41,404 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 20,995 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 40,592 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 20,664 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 39,814 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 20,309 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 20,087 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 23,055 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 41,369 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 23,560 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 41,897 players2026-08-24 02:00 — 19,759 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 38,539 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 19,194 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 38,770 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 19,137 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 38,641 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 19,679 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 36,368 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 19,554 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 37,814 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 23,424 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 40,703 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 24,649 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 39,933 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#78#922026-08-122026-08-302026-08-12 — #812026-08-13 — #802026-08-14 — #782026-08-15 — #782026-08-16 — #812026-08-17 — #852026-08-18 — #812026-08-19 — #802026-08-20 — #802026-08-21 — #812026-08-22 — #832026-08-23 — #862026-08-24 — #892026-08-25 — #862026-08-26 — #842026-08-27 — #832026-08-28 — #832026-08-29 — #882026-08-30 — #92
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1351352026-08-122026-08-292026-08-12: 135 new positive2026-08-12: 100 new negative2026-08-13: 81 new positive2026-08-13: 51 new negative2026-08-14: 64 new positive2026-08-14: 47 new negative2026-08-15: 81 new positive2026-08-15: 56 new negative2026-08-16: 52 new positive2026-08-16: 82 new negative2026-08-17: 68 new positive2026-08-17: 73 new negative2026-08-18: 75 new positive2026-08-18: 41 new negative2026-08-19: 80 new positive2026-08-19: 69 new negative2026-08-20: 65 new positive2026-08-20: 43 new negative2026-08-21: 81 new positive2026-08-21: 41 new negative2026-08-22: 105 new positive2026-08-22: 52 new negative2026-08-23: 54 new positive2026-08-23: 82 new negative2026-08-24: 56 new positive2026-08-24: 52 new negative2026-08-25: 51 new positive2026-08-25: 67 new negative2026-08-26: 44 new positive2026-08-26: 47 new negative2026-08-27: 53 new positive2026-08-27: 33 new negative2026-08-28: 62 new positive2026-08-28: 32 new negative2026-08-29: 69 new positive2026-08-29: 36 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$33.492025-11-132026-08-112025-11-13 — best price $37.492025-11-15 — best price $42.492025-11-16 — best price $37.492025-11-29 — best price $49.992025-11-30 — best price $49.992025-12-01 — best price $37.492025-12-11 — best price $49.992025-12-12 — best price $37.492025-12-18 — best price $37.492026-01-05 — best price $49.992026-03-19 — best price $37.492026-03-26 — best price $49.992026-04-23 — best price $39.992026-05-16 — best price $37.492026-05-18 — best price $39.992026-06-02 — best price $37.492026-06-25 — best price $37.492026-06-29 — best price $33.492026-06-30 — best price $34.992026-07-09 — best price $49.992026-07-11 — best price $37.442026-07-13 — best price $37.492026-07-20 — best price $49.992026-08-03 — best price $34.992026-08-10 — best price $33.492026-08-11 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9714772026-05-13 — 600 pageviews2026-05-16 — 525 pageviews2026-05-19 — 523 pageviews2026-05-22 — 608 pageviews2026-05-25 — 666 pageviews2026-05-28 — 704 pageviews2026-05-31 — 797 pageviews2026-06-03 — 888 pageviews2026-06-06 — 757 pageviews2026-06-09 — 810 pageviews2026-06-12 — 631 pageviews2026-06-15 — 701 pageviews2026-06-18 — 637 pageviews2026-06-21 — 566 pageviews2026-06-24 — 600 pageviews2026-06-27 — 618 pageviews2026-06-30 — 573 pageviews2026-07-03 — 610 pageviews2026-07-06 — 581 pageviews2026-07-09 — 555 pageviews2026-07-12 — 504 pageviews2026-07-15 — 609 pageviews2026-07-18 — 541 pageviews2026-07-21 — 487 pageviews2026-07-24 — 555 pageviews2026-07-27 — 618 pageviews2026-07-30 — 498 pageviews2026-08-02 — 633 pageviews2026-08-05 — 837 pageviews2026-08-08 — 737 pageviews2026-08-11 — 950 pageviews2026-08-14 — 744 pageviews2026-08-17 — 780 pageviews2026-08-20 — 794 pageviews2026-08-23 — 667 pageviews2026-08-24 — 604 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

125k1.9k2026-08-16 16:12 — 104,713 viewers2026-08-17 04:12 — 83,364 viewers2026-08-17 16:12 — 64,779 viewers2026-08-18 04:12 — 74,870 viewers2026-08-18 16:12 — 27,824 viewers2026-08-19 04:12 — 61,448 viewers2026-08-19 16:12 — 43,450 viewers2026-08-20 04:12 — 48,039 viewers2026-08-20 16:12 — 30,608 viewers2026-08-21 04:12 — 63,933 viewers2026-08-21 19:12 — 5,299 viewers2026-08-22 08:12 — 15,057 viewers2026-08-22 20:12 — 11,423 viewers2026-08-23 08:12 — 8,308 viewers2026-08-23 20:12 — 10,976 viewers2026-08-24 08:12 — 18,616 viewers2026-08-24 20:12 — 27,259 viewers2026-08-25 08:12 — 17,806 viewers2026-08-25 20:12 — 24,408 viewers2026-08-26 08:12 — 13,394 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 46,484 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 53,187 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 12,404 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 41,918 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 26,801 viewers2026-08-28 02:12 — 45,277 viewers2026-08-28 08:12 — 42,948 viewers2026-08-28 14:12 — 21,621 viewers2026-08-28 20:12 — 30,489 viewers2026-08-29 02:12 — 7,697 viewers2026-08-29 08:12 — 8,959 viewers2026-08-29 14:12 — 45,013 viewers2026-08-29 20:12 — 21,593 viewers2026-08-30 02:12 — 4,800 viewers2026-08-30 08:12 — 7,176 viewers2026-08-30 14:12 — 10,941 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 22,897 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
58.2%
earned "Welcome to Tarkov"
4.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesCamera Comfort7 DLC

20 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,1580%95

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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