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Escape from Tarkov cover art

Escape from Tarkov

Battlestate Games · 2025-11-15

Steam

ActionMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

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).

16,292
playing now
50%
positive of 67k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
14,149
twitch viewers (latest)
48.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
30/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (298 ratings)
22
Nexus mods (2.3k downloads)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 62% recommend · from 14 critics
1100h
to beat · rushed 550h · completionist 5000h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$49.99
steam price (US)

16,292 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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
  • · 16,292 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 4,158 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~520/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (22,876 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-07

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Oct 7), thriving→healthy (Sep 25), healthy→thriving (Sep 22), thriving→healthy (Sep 18), healthy→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 12), healthy→thriving (Sep 9), thriving→healthy (Sep 5)

Estimated sales: 1.3M–3.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 67,348 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: 381 positiveWeek of 2026-08-08: 313 negativeWeek of 2026-08-15: 361 positiveWeek of 2026-08-15: 279 negativeWeek of 2026-08-22: 300 positiveWeek of 2026-08-22: 241 negativeWeek of 2026-08-29: 275 positiveWeek of 2026-08-29: 221 negativeWeek of 2026-09-05: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-09-05: 175 negativeWeek of 2026-09-12: 257 positiveWeek of 2026-09-12: 192 negativeWeek of 2026-09-19: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-09-19: 164 negativeWeek of 2026-09-26: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-09-26: 175 negativeWeek of 2026-10-03: 381 positiveWeek of 2026-10-03: 376 negativeWeek of 2026-10-10: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-10-10: 119 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

42k02026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 16,278 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 19,726 players2026-09-17 05:00 — 15,579 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 31,890 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 12,121 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 16,586 players2026-09-22 16:00 — 26,558 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 13,341 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 19,926 players2026-09-23 19:00 — 18,319 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 14,628 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 28,955 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 13,775 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 24,002 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 36,060 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 14,046 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 23,142 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 23,379 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 16,898 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 33,900 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 19,649 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 24,169 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 42,435 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 17,111 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 35,116 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 27,254 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 18,222 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 33,325 players2026-10-12 21:00 — 18,403 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 18,278 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 36,481 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 13,839 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 21,635 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 22,594 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 16,292 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
27k11kNov 2025Aug 2026Nov 2025 — avg 27,105 · peak 42,711Dec 2025 — avg 23,627 · peak 39,442Jan 2026 — avg 19,297 · peak 35,280Feb 2026 — avg 13,260 · peak 22,982Mar 2026 — avg 11,525 · peak 20,849Apr 2026 — avg 11,342 · peak 20,032May 2026 — avg 12,779 · peak 28,503Jun 2026 — avg 16,987 · peak 31,530Jul 2026 — avg 18,827 · peak 32,946Aug 2026 — avg 26,825 · peak 45,572
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#53#1002026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15 — #532026-09-16 — #532026-09-17 — #532026-09-18 — #1002026-09-22 — #1002026-09-23 — #1002026-09-24 — #982026-09-25 — #982026-10-07 — #892026-10-08 — #862026-10-09 — #862026-10-10 — #882026-10-11 — #932026-10-12 — #952026-10-13 — #932026-10-14 — #93
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1391392026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 80 new positive2026-09-15: 17 new negative2026-09-16: 33 new positive2026-09-16: 17 new negative2026-09-17: 20 new positive2026-09-17: 42 new negative2026-09-18: 41 new positive2026-09-18: 30 new negative2026-09-19: 61 new positive2026-09-19: 47 new negative2026-09-20: 56 new positive2026-09-20: 29 new negative2026-09-21: 31 new positive2026-09-21: 22 new negative2026-09-22: 26 new positive2026-09-22: 38 new negative2026-09-23: 30 new positive2026-09-23: 23 new negative2026-09-24: 32 new positive2026-09-24: 27 new negative2026-09-25: 77 new positive2026-09-25: 46 new negative2026-09-26: 30 new positive2026-09-26: 27 new negative2026-09-27: 42 new positive2026-09-27: 39 new negative2026-09-28: 49 new positive2026-09-28: 18 new negative2026-09-29: 89 new positive2026-09-29: 34 new negative2026-09-30: 21 new positive2026-09-30: 15 new negative2026-10-01: 37 new positive2026-10-01: 14 new negative2026-10-02: 44 new positive2026-10-02: 44 new negative2026-10-03: 54 new positive2026-10-03: 49 new negative2026-10-04: 60 new positive2026-10-04: 49 new negative2026-10-05: 61 new positive2026-10-05: 50 new negative2026-10-06: 56 new positive2026-10-06: 39 new negative2026-10-07: 111 new positive2026-10-07: 84 new negative2026-10-08: 102 new positive2026-10-08: 139 new negative2026-10-09: 57 new positive2026-10-09: 72 new negative2026-10-10: 47 new positive2026-10-10: 56 new negative2026-10-11: 59 new positive2026-10-11: 93 new negative2026-10-12: 39 new positive2026-10-12: 39 new negative2026-10-13: 37 new positive2026-10-13: 44 new negative2026-10-14: 50 new positive2026-10-14: 40 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

9714982026-05-13 — 600 pageviews2026-05-17 — 551 pageviews2026-05-21 — 547 pageviews2026-05-25 — 666 pageviews2026-05-29 — 620 pageviews2026-06-02 — 799 pageviews2026-06-06 — 757 pageviews2026-06-10 — 683 pageviews2026-06-14 — 597 pageviews2026-06-18 — 637 pageviews2026-06-22 — 585 pageviews2026-06-26 — 693 pageviews2026-06-30 — 573 pageviews2026-07-04 — 588 pageviews2026-07-08 — 570 pageviews2026-07-12 — 504 pageviews2026-07-16 — 618 pageviews2026-07-20 — 528 pageviews2026-07-24 — 555 pageviews2026-07-28 — 522 pageviews2026-08-01 — 505 pageviews2026-08-05 — 837 pageviews2026-08-09 — 847 pageviews2026-08-13 — 813 pageviews2026-08-17 — 780 pageviews2026-08-21 — 729 pageviews2026-08-25 — 715 pageviews2026-08-29 — 592 pageviews2026-09-02 — 642 pageviews2026-09-06 — 552 pageviews2026-09-10 — 599 pageviews2026-09-14 — 554 pageviews2026-09-18 — 527 pageviews2026-09-22 — 598 pageviews2026-09-26 — 535 pageviews2026-09-30 — 557 pageviews2026-10-04 — 571 pageviews2026-10-08 — 566 pageviews2026-10-12 — 566 pageviews2026-10-13 — 534 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

54k2.6k2026-09-30 21:34 — 11,738 viewers2026-10-01 08:12 — 3,539 viewers2026-10-01 18:12 — 4,439 viewers2026-10-02 05:12 — 4,435 viewers2026-10-02 14:12 — 4,002 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 6,147 viewers2026-10-03 11:12 — 3,105 viewers2026-10-03 21:12 — 6,454 viewers2026-10-04 08:12 — 7,902 viewers2026-10-04 17:12 — 8,741 viewers2026-10-05 02:12 — 5,599 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 6,952 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 6,618 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 5,264 viewers2026-10-06 23:12 — 4,949 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 14,508 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 17,084 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 9,735 viewers2026-10-08 13:12 — 12,090 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 10,505 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 15,690 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 43,429 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 34,359 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 33,370 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 46,796 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 26,711 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 43,653 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 39,179 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 34,833 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 53,532 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 28,934 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 33,249 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 45,559 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 26,678 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 10,577 viewers2026-10-14 21:12 — 6,227 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…

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2025-11-15, latest 2026-07-08 (Steam store data)

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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