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 36.8% ★, Gun Customization 16.6% ★, FPS 8.4%, War 6.4%, Realistic 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest straight-up Tarkov alternative on Steam, built around realistic firefights, detailed gear management, and punishing extraction-based raids.

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 24.4% ★, Gun Customization 10.3% ★, Military 8.5%, Massively Multiplayer 6.5%, Tactical 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its milsim gun handling, persistent loot stakes, and tactical PvPvE extractions make it one of the strongest modern Tarkov-like experiences.

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 27.7% ★, Gun Customization 13% ★, Looter Shooter 11.6% ★, Military 8.1%, Online Co-Op 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors Tarkov’s raid structure with high-risk looting, grounded combat, and heavy emphasis on weapon setup and squad tactics.

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 35.7% ★, Looter Shooter 19.6% ★, Military 7.4%, FPS 6.9%, PvP 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It translates Tarkov’s extract-or-lose-everything tension into a dieselpunk space setting with similarly ruthless PvPvE raids.

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 34.6% ★, Looter Shooter 16.5% ★, Gun Customization 10% ★, Massively Multiplayer 7%, Survival 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more accessible Tarkov-like with familiar extraction runs, inventory management, and gear-loss stakes.

Hunt: Showdown 1896 is a new era of the addictively unforgiving extraction shooter. In corrupted backwaters lost to history, fight back alone – or with friends – against timeless evil. Twisted monsters and other ruthless Hunters stand between you and your Bounty. Risk everything as Hunt consumes you

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 40.3% ★, Tactical 10.3%, FPS 9.5%, Survival Horror 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although slower and more stylized, it nails the same nerve-shredding extraction pressure, sound-driven PvP, and high-value loot tension.

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 29.9% ★, Gun Customization 10.4% ★, Survival Horror 8.4%, Military 7.5%, Tactical 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes extraction-shooter structure with oppressive horror and asymmetric danger, echoing Tarkov’s paranoia-heavy feel.

STALCRAFT: X is the largest open-world online game in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Explore the world full of mutants and anomalies alone or with friends — unforgettable emotions guaranteed.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 23.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.3%, FPS 12.9%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Shooter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its scavenging, dangerous PvPvE zones, and constant risk of losing loot capture a lot of the same survival tension Tarkov players enjoy.

Now with over 500,000 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 49.4% ★, Looter Shooter 22.3% ★, Survival 9.8%, Survival Horror 7.7%, Shooter 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Despite the top-down view, its raid prep, stash management, harsh combat, and extract-with-your-loot design feel very Tarkov-inspired.

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 25.3% ★, Military 11.3%, FPS 9%, PvP 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a looter-extraction shooter centered on entering hostile maps, grabbing valuables, and escaping alive before other players take everything.

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 13.7%, Massively Multiplayer 13%, Looter Shooter 12.8% ★, PvP 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a harsher open-world survival spin on Tarkov’s gear-risk formula, with tense PvP and meaningful loot loss.

Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.

Why similar: Tactical 21.2%, Gun Customization 16.2% ★, FPS 15.9%, Realistic 14.1%, Shooter 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It lacks extraction economy, but its methodical room clearing, realistic gunplay, and unforgiving tactical pace appeal strongly to Tarkov fans.

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 43% ★, Looter Shooter 22.2% ★, Gun Customization 14.5% ★, PvE 8.3%, Tactical 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its desperate scavenging, oppressive battlefield atmosphere, and extraction-focused progression strongly match Tarkov’s stress-heavy loot loop.

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 15.5%, Shooter 9.6%, PvP 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: For VR players, this is one of the purest Tarkov-like experiences, complete with manual looting, weapon handling, and punishing extraction runs.

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 16.7%, Massively Multiplayer 10.3%, War 8.8%, FPS 8.8%, Tactical 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its communication-heavy military realism and punishing firefights scratch the same tactical authenticity itch as 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 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, PvE 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps guns for fantasy combat, but its full-loot extraction loop and brutal risk-reward pacing hit the same addictive nerve.

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 17.3%, Military 13.9%, FPS 12.2%, Shooter 10.1%, Realistic 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its low-TTK realism, careful corner-checking, and emphasis on discipline over reflexes make it a natural fit for Tarkov players.

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 42.6% ★, Looter Shooter 23.1% ★, Gun Customization 17.2% ★, Survival 7.5%, Shooter 7%

Why You'll Like It: This parody still follows the same stash-build-raid-extract formula, making it a lighthearted but mechanically relevant pick.

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 21.1%, War 11.9%, FPS 10.7%, Realistic 9.5%, Tactical 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more sandbox milsim, but its hardcore pacing, realism, and emphasis on positioning and preparation overlap well with Tarkov.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a team-based, tactical FPS based on lethal close quarters combat and objective-oriented multiplayer gameplay. Experience the intensity of modern combat where skill is rewarded, and teamwork wins the fight.

Why similar: Military 18.2%, FPS 15.8%, Tactical 11.1%, Realistic 10.8%, War 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same kind of lethal, grounded gunfights and audio-driven tension, even without a loot extraction metagame.

Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 29%, Survival 15.2%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, FPS 13.6%, PvP 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its survival depth, gear fear, and harsh PvP can recreate Tarkov’s feeling of vulnerability and hard-earned progression.

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 12.8%, FPS 11.5%, Realistic 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its tactical realism, oppressive atmosphere, and lethal engagements make it a good fit if Tarkov’s darker, high-stress firefights are what you enjoy most.

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 16.7%, Survival 13.9%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Survival Horror 11.7%, FPS 10%

Why You'll Like It: While more open-ended, it delivers a similar emotional payoff through slow-burn tension, valuable loot, and the constant threat of losing everything.

Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 37.8% ★, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Massively Multiplayer 8.3%, Shooter 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its broader looter-shooter structure is more RPG-like, but the Dark Zone’s risk-reward PvPvP extraction tension gives it some Tarkov-adjacent appeal.

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction 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% ★, Tactical 20%

Why You'll Like It: It captures Tarkov’s high-stakes raid planning and loss-heavy extraction loop in a very different but surprisingly compatible turn-based format.

Scavenge the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV as a bio-cybernetic Runner in a PvPvE survival extraction FPS from the creators of Halo and Destiny.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 45.4% ★, Gun Customization 8.7% ★, PvP 8%, FPS 7.9%, Shooter 5.9%

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 16.3%, PvP 14.5%, FPS 9.9%, Online Co-Op 9%

Why You'll Like It: It is more sandbox survival than extractor, but the paranoia, stash value, and brutal player-driven loss make it adjacent to Tarkov’s appeal.

Expedition Agartha is a high-stakes first person slasher. Loot ancient treasures, conquer mythological enemies, and extract to safety - alone or up to groups of three. Gear up and launch your expedition in the first and only medieval extraction looter available on Steam!

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 52.9% ★, Online Co-Op 11.9%, PvP 10%, Survival 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is another extraction-first PvPvE game where loot greed, map knowledge, and surviving the trip out matter more than raw kills.

Hell is Others is an extraction top-down shooter combining roguelike elements. Outside the safety of your apartment lies the noir hellscape that is Century City. A city of endless night that straddles the line between reality and insanity. Explore, hunt, and loot in a place where blood is currency.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 47.8% ★, Survival 12.5%, Shooter 10.5%, PvP 10%, PvE 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its top-down perspective changes the feel, yet the extraction runs, inventory pressure, and ever-present threat of losing loot fit the Tarkov mindset well.

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 12.5% ★, Shooter 9.1%, Tactical 9.1%

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 40.4% ★, Online Co-Op 9.5%, FPS 8.5%, PvP 8.3%, PvE 7.4%

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 12.7%, War 10.6%, FPS 9.5%, Online Co-Op 9.4%

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 20% ★, War 12.9%, Tactical 10.6%, FPS 9%, Realistic 8.5%

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 22.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.1%, Military 11.5%, FPS 10%, Survival 8.4%

MISERY is a 1–5 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 23.2%, Survival Horror 20.5%, Survival 18.4%, PvE 14.3%, Multiplayer 12.9%

Dive into Project L33T, a hardcore first-person tactical extraction shooter. Confront AI foes and rival players, engage in high-stakes battles for precious loot, and risk it all in this hostile environment. Die and lose all of your gear and loot.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 35.9% ★, Military 16.1%, FPS 15.1%, Shooter 11%, Realistic 10.6%

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 17.3% ★, Extraction Shooter 16.3% ★, Online Co-Op 12.7%, FPS 12%, Military 10.2%

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 23.1%, FPS 15.4%, Realistic 13.2%, Tactical 11.6%, Shooter 11%

Black Ops Cold War, the direct sequel to Call of Duty®: Black Ops, will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.

Why similar: Military 15.7%, Gun Customization 14.6% ★, FPS 14%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Shooter 8.2%

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 9.3%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, PvE 8.5%, Multiplayer 6.8%

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 26.1% ★, Gun Customization 12.2% ★, Looter Shooter 9.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 9.1%, Military 6.4%

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 15.8%, War 12.2%, Tactical 10.9%, Survival Horror 9.8%, FPS 9.6%

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 15.9%, Massively Multiplayer 15.1%, Shooter 12.6%, Military 11.5%

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 19.8% ★, Military 14.7%, Tactical 10.2%, FPS 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.8%

Stay Out - is a MMORPG with shooter elements, based on spirit of “stalking” - an urban exploration, searching and exploring mysterious, abandoned and forgotten by humanity pieces of our planet.

Why similar: PvP 22.5%, Survival 21.8%, Shooter 19%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Online Co-Op 14.4%

Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 39.8% ★, Gun Customization 18% ★, FPS 8.7%, Survival 7.2%, PvE 7.1%

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 20.6%, Survival Horror 16.2%, FPS 16.1%, Tactical 11.4%, Shooter 10.8%

No More Room in Hell 2 is a terrifying 8 player co-op action horror experience. Find your friends in the dark and survive - in a dynamic, endlessly replayable zombie apocalypse.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 18.5% ★, Online Co-Op 15%, Survival Horror 14.1%, FPS 10.9%, Survival 10.2%

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 21%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, FPS 11.6%, Simulation 6%

Silent North thrusts you into the Swiss Alps, battling the elements, Infected, and other players. Fight solo or team up, scavenging gear and essentials. Intense PVPVE action ensures constant danger. Adapt, be resilient, and survive in this unpredictable, ever-changing landscape

Why similar: Survival Horror 13.5%, FPS 13.2%, Looter Shooter 13% ★, Survival 10.6%, Shooter 9.9%

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 39.9% ★, Gun Customization 15.8% ★, Survival Horror 10.6%, Survival 7.9%, FPS 7.4%

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 19.6%, Tactical 17.2%, Realistic 11.8%, FPS 11.2%, Gun Customization 11.2% ★

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 12.3%, Tactical 9.9%, PvE 9.3%

In the direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II, Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against the ultimate threat.

Why similar: Military 15.7%, FPS 13.6%, War 12.6%, Shooter 11%, Tactical 8.4%

Battle Royale and Extraction that blends PvP and PvE, You are a operative that will drop into the infected region and attempt to recover artifacts and eradicate the infected.Each player is pitted against Zombies, Monsters and each other. Online or Single player for practice with bots!

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.9%, Military 16.8%, FPS 15.3%, PvP 13.2%, PvE 11.7%