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Extraction Shooteractivecasual
Escape from Tarkov
also known as EFT, Tarkov
Wipes still drive engagement cycles; flea market changes and labs raids continue as the competitive flashpoints.
The genre-defining extraction shooter. Realistic ballistics, real economy, and the kind of loot loss that keeps the threat model honest. The audience gave the modern extraction shooter wave its blueprint.
Released
2017
Developer
Battlestate Games
Publisher
Battlestate Games
Escape from Tarkov is the cultural source of the modern extraction shooter wave. The realistic ballistics, the body-part hit zones, the secure container economy, and the raid-extract loop are all systems that subsequent extraction games iterate on. Tarkov's audience is older, more committed, and more willing to absorb friction than the BR audience that often gets compared to it.
