What is Escape From Tarkov?

Escape From Tarkov is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Battlestate Games for Windows. 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') Players join matches called 'raids' in which they fight other players and bots for loot and aim to survive and escape.

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

In these raids, players can choose to play solo or in groups and spawn on one side of various maps to choose from in the game.

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. When players die in a raid, they lose everything, including loot and the equipment they brought into the attack. The better your gear, the better your chances of surviving and evacuating.