Escape from Tarkov is the definitive extraction shooter: you gear up, drop into a map full of players and AI, collect loot, fight your way to an extraction point, and if you die you lose everything you brought in.
Its hardcore realism, risk-heavy loop and depth of systems have defined the sub-genre. For players who thrive on that intense loop of infiltration, looting, tension and high-stakes escape, here are ten games that echo Escape from Tarkov’s style—each offering its own spin on the extraction-shooter formula.
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Incursion Red River
Release Date: April 10, 2024
Genres: Shooter
ARC Raiders
Release Date: October 30, 2025
Genres: Shooter
Ready or Not
Release Date: December 18, 2021
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical, Indie
Sons Of The Forest
Release Date: February 23, 2023
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Gray Zone Warfare
Release Date: April 30, 2024
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Simulator
Marauders
Release Date: October 03, 2022
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
DayZ
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Rust
Release Date: February 08, 2018
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Release Date: November 20, 2024
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure