

Once in-game, the players are given an extraction point on the other side of the map, and must fight against other players and non-player characters to reach that point in order to escape. In these raids, players can choose to play solo or in groups and spawn on one side of a variety of maps to choose from in the game.

In its current state, Escape from Tarkov incorporates several modes for the players to play: online PMC raids, Scav (short for "scavenger") raids, and a temporary offline mode. The developers of Escape from Tarkov refer to the game as a realistic and hardcore first-person shooter, survival video game that borrows elements from massively multiplayer online games.

Players join matches called "raids" in which they fight other players for loot and aim to survive and escape dying results in the loss of all items the player used and found during that raid with few exceptions. The game is set in the fictional Norvinsk region, where a war is taking place between two private military companies (United Security "USEC" and the Battle Encounter Assault Regiment "BEAR"). A closed alpha test of the game was first made available to select users on 4 August 2016, followed by a closed beta which has been running since July 2017. Action role-playing, First-person shooterĮscape from Tarkov is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game in development by Battlestate Games for Windows.
