What was once a bustling city, is now roamed by rivalling scavenger gangs, former private military forces, and black ops units. Set in the fictional Norvinsk region located on the frontier between Russia and Europe, the metropolis of Tarkov was plunged into anarchy thanks to the Contract Wars. 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.Įscape from Tarkov is a hardcore and realistic online first-person action RPG with MMO features developed by Russian Saint-Petersburg-based game developer, Battlestate Games. Escape from Tarkov Recommended System RequirementsĮscape from Tarkov is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game in development by Battlestate Games for Windows.