Games Like Escape from Tarkov

Arena Breakout: Infinite is a high-stakes tactical extraction shooter where every decision matters. Fight, loot, and extract—or lose it all. With stunningly realistic visuals, lifelike sound, and unforgiving PvPvE combat, every raid is a gamble between glory and ruin.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 36.5% ★, Gun Customization 16.6%, FPS 8.5%, War 6.4%, Realistic 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: The closest straight-line alternative on Steam, with Tarkov-style raids, inventory management, weapon modding, and punishing extraction stakes.

Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 24.1% ★, Gun Customization 10.3%, Military 8.6%, Tactical 6.5%, Massively Multiplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world military sandbox preserves the same slow, methodical pacing, lethal firefights, and kit-risk tension that make Tarkov gripping.

IRR is a tactical PvE Co-Op extract shooter set in a de-stabilized and immersive modern-day Vietnam. As a PMC for a mysterious organization, deal with 3 factions that stand to gain from the chaos. Engage in ruthless combat, plan your deployment, and explore the world as your journey unfolds.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 27.5% ★, Gun Customization 13.1%, Looter Shooter 11.8% ★, Military 8.2%, Online Co-Op 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A PvE-leaning take on Tarkov's formula built around tactical planning, looting, exfil, and realistic gun handling.

Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 20.7% ★, Gun Customization 16.6%, Extraction Shooter 12.8% ★, Survival 11.8%, FPS 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A single-player hardcore extraction FPS that echoes Tarkov's scavenging, realism-heavy ballistics, and constant fear of losing your haul.

Marauders is a tactical first-person multiplayer looter shooter set in a sci-fi universe. As a space pirate, work solo, or in a squad with up to 3 other players to navigate a hostile battleground, hunt for loot, craft new weapons and gear, and salvage what you’ll need to survive.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 35.3% ★, Looter Shooter 19.7% ★, Military 7.4%, FPS 7%, PvP 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It turns Tarkov's high-risk extraction loop into claustrophobic space piracy, with persistent loot, brutal losses, and tense PvPvE fights.

Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 38.4% ★, Tactical 10.5%, FPS 9.9%, Survival Horror 9.1%, PvP 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Another premier extraction shooter where every sound cue matters and surviving to extract is more important than kill count.

Tactical extraction shooter meets immersive survival horror. Play as rival mercenaries fighting for loot, or as alien monsters hunting humans from the shadows. Solo or with friends, experience this unique dark take on asymmetrical PvPvE multiplayer.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 29.6% ★, Gun Customization 10.5%, Survival Horror 8.5%, Military 7.6%, Tactical 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It blends Tarkov-like loot-and-extract pressure with overt survival-horror, making every raid feel dangerous and unpredictable.

Join the "Firefly" task force and unveil the sinister plot behind the exclusion zone in the world of Lost Light. You could either scavenge for supplies or go out with guns blazing and plunder. Survive the brutal domain where danger lurks in every corner!

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 34.2% ★, Looter Shooter 16.6% ★, Gun Customization 10%, Massively Multiplayer 7%, Survival 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A more accessible but clearly Tarkov-inspired extraction shooter with stash management, gear insurance, and harsh death penalties.

The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive under the shadow of terrifying and gargantuan war machines locked in a never-ending conflict. Millions of deaths later the war continues with our latest update!

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.5% ★, Looter Shooter 22.4% ★, Gun Customization 14.7%, PvE 8.2%, Tactical 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its PvE extraction structure, oppressive war-torn atmosphere, and emphasis on scavenging under overwhelming threat feel very Tarkov-adjacent.

Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 49% ★, Looter Shooter 22.5% ★, Survival 9.9%, Survival Horror 7.7%, Shooter 6%

Why You'll Like It: Despite the top-down view, it nails the solo Tarkov rhythm of planning runs, looting carefully, managing ammo, and escaping alive.

ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 50.6% ★, PvP 9.4%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, PvE 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person extraction shooter that keeps the same loop of entering hostile zones for loot, fighting players and AI, and trying to leave rich.

No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 18.6% ★, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Survival Horror 14.2%, FPS 11%, Survival 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It leans harder into horror and co-op, but its exfil-focused runs, scarce resources, and high lethality hit a similar stress response.

Become an elite SWAT commander and bring order to a city overwhelmed by chaos and corruption.

Why similar: Tactical 21.1%, Gun Customization 16.1%, FPS 16%, Realistic 14.2%, Shooter 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps looting for CQB missions, but the unforgiving pace, gear fetishism, and one-bullet-can-end-it tension feel close to Tarkov at its most tactical.

Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.

Why similar: Military 21.4%, War 12.1%, FPS 10.7%, Realistic 9.6%, Shooter 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its mil-sim gunplay, huge maps, and focus on positioning and teamwork recreate Tarkov's realism-heavy combat even without extraction raids.

An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!

Why similar: Survival 14.5%, FPS 13.8%, Massively Multiplayer 13%, Looter Shooter 12.8% ★, PvP 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival shooter with meaningful looting, harsh PvP losses, and a gritty grounded tone that overlaps well with Tarkov.

An unforgiving hardcore fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure. Band together with your friends and use your courage, wits, and cunning to uncover mythical treasures, defeat gruesome monsters, while staying one step ahead of the other devious treasure-hunters.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 50.2% ★, Online Co-Op 10.5%, PvP 10.4%, Multiplayer 9.3%, PvE 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Fantasy instead of firearms, but the gear-on-the-line extraction structure and ambush-heavy dungeon runs scratch a very similar itch.

From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.

Why similar: Military 19.7%, Tactical 17.1%, Realistic 11.9%, FPS 11.2%, Gun Customization 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: If Tarkov's appeal for you is realistic weapon handling, communication, and careful room clearing, this is one of the purest tactical FPS options on Steam.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.

Why similar: Military 18.3%, FPS 15.9%, Tactical 11.1%, Realistic 10.9%, War 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Less about loot, more about lethal ballistics and tactical movement, but it delivers the same punishing firefights and grounded military feel.

Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.

Why similar: Military 16.9%, Massively Multiplayer 10.3%, FPS 8.9%, War 8.8%, Tactical 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It lacks the loot meta, but the communication-heavy military realism and punishing firefights appeal to the same crowd.

Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.

Why similar: Tactical 17.2%, Military 14%, FPS 12.3%, Shooter 10.2%, Realistic 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A slower, realism-driven CQB shooter where information, angles, and disciplined team play matter as much as aim.

How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 16.8%, Survival 14%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, FPS 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: More sandbox survival than extraction shooter, yet its scavenging, brutal player encounters, and ever-present risk of losing everything make it a natural fit.

Six Days in Fallujah is an intensely realistic first-person tactical shooter based on true stories from one of this century’s toughest urban battles.

Why similar: Military 16%, War 12.3%, Tactical 10.9%, FPS 9.7%, Survival Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Designed around realistic urban combat, limited information, and high lethality, it captures Tarkov's fear of making one bad push.

Escape from Duckov is a PVE indie survival RPG — in a duck's world!. Scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear in the world of Duckov. Start from nothing and rise to the top. Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.3% ★, Looter Shooter 23.2% ★, Gun Customization 17.2%, Survival 7.6%, Shooter 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A lighter, top-down parody of Tarkov that still mirrors the stash-building, extraction, and gear-loss loop surprisingly well.

PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 22.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.1%, Military 11.5%, FPS 10.1%, Survival 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its STALKER-like world, survival focus, and harsh firefights should appeal if you love Tarkov's atmosphere as much as its systems.

Ghosts of Tabor is VRs only FPS PVP and PVE survival game where you will use your wits, skills and resources to survive. Inspired by games such as Escape from Tarkov and DayZ, featuring different scenarios from scavenging to looting and crafting. Will you survive long enough to make it out alive?

Why similar: Looter Shooter 32.1% ★, Extraction Shooter 22.3% ★, Military 15.4%, Shooter 9.7%, PvP 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: VR players looking for Tarkov specifically should start here, since it directly translates the stash, looting, and extraction loop into VR.

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

Why similar: FPS 31.5%, Survival 26.5%, Shooter 17.1%, Realistic 11.1%, First-Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Not an extraction shooter, but its oppressive Eastern European survival-horror mood, scavenging, and rough gunfights hit a lot of Tarkov's emotional notes.

SCP: 5K is a co-op or singleplayer tactical horror FPS project that puts players in the midst of a conspiracy where the SCP Foundation has turned on humanity. Enjoy Early Access as we continue to work towards a completed full release of the project!

Why similar: Gun Customization 24.9%, Military 17%, Tactical 12.7%, FPS 11.5%, Realistic 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical horror FPS emphasizes cautious movement, communication, and lethal encounters in a way that overlaps with Tarkov's survival pressure.

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.3%, Survival Horror 16.3%, FPS 16.3%, Tactical 11.4%, Shooter 11%

Why You'll Like It: Co-op only and not extraction-based, but its suffocating horror tension, resource scarcity, and tactical pace line up with Tarkov's most stressful moments.

Explore the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV, scavenging valuable loot in a high-stakes survival first person shooter from the creators of Halo and Destiny.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 45.3% ★, Gun Customization 8.8%, PvP 8%, FPS 7.9%, Shooter 5.8%

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 80.2% ★, Tactical 19.8%

Why You'll Like It: Though turn-based and sci-fi, its raid structure, inventory loss, body-part damage, and desperate extraction decisions echo Tarkov surprisingly closely.

In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.

Why similar: Gun Customization 19.7%, War 12.7%, Tactical 10.9%, FPS 9.2%, Realistic 8.7%

STALZONE is the extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with a world worth belonging to. You are invited to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone twisted by anomalies and divided between rival factions whose territories shape the danger around you

Why similar: Looter Shooter 24% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.2%, FPS 13%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Shooter 8.6%

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Extraction is a tactical, co-op, PvE first-person shooter where you and your squad face an evolving alien threat. Teamwork, tactics, and flawless execution are key to your survival.

Why similar: Gun Customization 17.2%, Extraction Shooter 17.1% ★, Online Co-Op 12.4%, FPS 12%, Military 10.2%

Fight, scavenge, and extract in The Midnight Walkers, a hardcore FPS game with deadly zombies, dangerous players, and valuable loot. Craft weapons, armor, and consumables; trade items; and maintain your hideout. Escape Liberty Grand Center mega complex, and thrive...or die and lose everything.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 40% ★, Online Co-Op 9.5%, FPS 8.7%, PvP 8.3%, PvE 7.3%

Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 29%, Survival 15.3%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, FPS 13.7%, PvP 12.3%

Experience a visceral Campaign or assemble your team in the ultimate online playground with multiple Special Ops challenges and a mix of Multiplayer maps and modes.

Why similar: Military 18.5%, FPS 13.7%, Gun Customization 12.7%, Tactical 9.2%, Shooter 9%

Play for free in operator-based extraction and full-scale combined arms warfare. Become elite Operators, customize an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons, and deploy into thrill-packed missions across multiple modes.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 26.3% ★, Gun Customization 12.3%, Looter Shooter 9.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 9.1%, Military 6.4%

World War 3 is a free-to-play tactical online multiplayer FPS where the world is your battleground. Outgun the enemy in thrilling, team-based skirmishes with a huge arsenal of weapons, vehicles, gadgets, and drones at your disposal.

Why similar: Gun Customization 17.8%, Military 12.8%, War 10.6%, FPS 9.5%, Online Co-Op 9.2%

MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.8%, Survival Horror 20.5%, Survival 19.2%, PvE 13.6%, Multiplayer 13.1%

Bodycam is the first tactical multiplayer FPS with a true body-camera view in Unreal Engine 5. Close-quarters combats feel raw and loud. Every angle, callout, and bullet matters. Play Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Body Bomb on photoreal maps where teamplay, tactics, and clutch skill are key.

Why similar: Military 17.8%, Tactical 15.7%, FPS 14.7%, Realistic 12%, PvP 10%

Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor, a free-to-play looter shooter.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 25.7% ★, Extraction Shooter 25.2% ★, Military 11.2%, FPS 9%, PvP 7.6%

Contractors Showdown delivers intense VR extraction combat in ExfilZone, now featuring PvE Mode alongside high-stakes PvPvE action. Customize your loadout, complete missions, loot, survive, and fight your way through immersive tactical battles.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 16.1% ★, Military 15.7%, War 11.2%, FPS 10.3%, Shooter 8.6%

Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

Why similar: Multiplayer 40.2%, First-Person 20.8%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, FPS 11.8%, Simulation 5.8%

Join the persistent open world of OZERSK! Choose your way to play on PvE or PvP servers, fight for precious loot and gear, and risk it all in a hostile environment. Die, lose all your gear and loot, then return to the same server in hopes of retrieving what you lost. This is your story!

Why similar: Looter Shooter 35.8% ★, Military 16.1%, FPS 15.2%, Shooter 11.1%, Realistic 10.6%

CONVRGENCE is an atmospheric VR extraction shooter set in the procedurally generated, ever-changing Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. Scavenge loot, fight bandits and hunt for mystical artifacts — all with your loyal dog companion by your side. But extract before nightfall, or face what lurks in the dark.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 39.3% ★, Gun Customization 15.9%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Survival 7.9%, FPS 7.5%

Warface is a modern online shooter with intense PvP, thrilling PvE, missions around the world, and an active community. Bring the fire. Win together.

Why similar: Gun Customization 17%, FPS 12.9%, Military 11.9%, PvP 10.6%, PvE 8.3%

Contain is a Tactical Co-Op FPS game. Form your squad of four players to fight against the anomalies. Try to "Contain" them where the line between ordinary and extraordinary is blurred.

Why similar: Gun Customization 21.4%, Military 13.8%, FPS 12.4%, Tactical 9.9%, PvE 9.1%

Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.5%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, PvE 10.7%, Survival 9.3%

The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Why similar: Survival 33.6%, Multiplayer 16.2%, PvP 14.4%, FPS 10%, Online Co-Op 8.8%

Hired Ops is a session-based online shooter dedicated to fierce conflicts between rival mercenary groups battling on a global scale.

Why similar: FPS 30.5%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Massively Multiplayer 15%, Shooter 12.7%, Military 11.7%

EXFIL delivers raw tactical FPS intensity with no distractions. No loot grinding, no gimmicks, just pure realism. EXFIL tests your strategy, comms, and teamwork in high-stakes tactical engagements. Will your squad rise to the challenge?

Why similar: Gun Customization 20.9%, Military 16.2%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Tactical 11.2%, FPS 9.8%

Reaper Actual is an Open-World Persistent Shooter where hundreds of players engage in FPS combat against each other and 5 NPC Factions on the massive war-torn island of Marova. Level your Reapers, maintain a home Base, and complete missions to earn gear and reshape the world.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 31.8% ★, Looter Shooter 18.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 11.2%, FPS 7.6%, PvP 6.7%

Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.

Why similar: Military 22.7%, War 12.1%, Tactical 10%, Shooter 9.2%, FPS 9.1%

Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 30.7%, FPS 19.6%, Survival 15.8%, Shooter 14%, First-Person 10.2%

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an elite, tactical team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph.

Why similar: FPS 13.4%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Tactical 13.3%, PvP 11.1%, Military 10.5%

Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

Why similar: FPS 27.3%, Survival 17.2%, Survival Horror 14%, Shooter 13.5%, First-Person 11%

Escape together or die alone. A relentless creature is hunting you in this intense co-op bodycam horror experience. Communicate. Stay quiet. Survive. Every move matters. Every sound could be your last. Made by one developer.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 15.4%, FPS 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Realistic 10.7%

C.A.S.T is a third-person PvE extraction shooter playable solo or in co-op. Select your character and loadout to battle enemy hordes, evade anomalies, and complete objectives across handcrafted maps with dynamic procedural elements.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 40.8% ★, Gun Customization 20.5%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, PvE 8.9%, Shooter 7.6%