Escape from Tarkov

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Escape from Tarkov

Developers
	Battlestate Games
Engines
2016-2019	Unity 5
2019-2021	Unity 2018
2021	Unity 2019
Future	Unity 2020
Release dates
Windows	Early access
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	Time-limited
Modes	Multiplayer
Themes	Eastern Europe
Series	Russia 2028

Russia 2028
Contract Wars Client	2014
Hired Ops	2021
Escape from Tarkov	EA
Escape from Tarkov Arena	TBA
Russia 2028	TBA

General information

Official forums

Official wiki

Official Discord

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Linking the game to Steam account is a possible future option, the game plans to be release on Steam "awhile after the game is released our own platform." Both versions will play on the same servers.

Mac and Linux native versions are planned after release.

A Mac version was planned in 2015 but remained unreleased as of January 2022. Mac logo is still visible in BattleStateGames website.

Linux support was planned in 2015 as well and was confirmed to be planned in several of the streams.

Game works with Wine and Proton with BattlEye patches, but online raids don't work due to missing BattlEye modules.. They are planned to be implemented by BattlEye.

Demo/free trial

The account is free to create and can download the launcher, but the the game is paid with no current permanent free trial, however there exist 7-day trial keys which can be won on various occasions.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	DLCs are planned after release – among them Scav Life, Winter and Sniper. They will be free for the "Edge of Darkness" pre-order package.

The game is said not to have any microtransations, although there are some events (Christmas, participation in tests, Twitch drops events) that can give extra items. There are also items being given out to contributing community members (Sherpas, Emisarries and Moderators).

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass	Currently available only with "Edge of Darkness" pre-order package.
The Predator E-book	Currently unavailable. Get extra game gear as a bonus to the e-book: AKS74U with Zenit body kit; Silenced P226 with special ammo.
The Voice Behind E-book	Currently unavailable. Get extra game gear as a bonus to the e-book: Crye Precision Airframe Tan Helmet with GPNVG 18; 2 adrenaline injectors; 5 RGD-5; 200 rounds of 9x19mm Luger CCI.

DLCs are planned after release – among them Scav Life, Winter and Sniper.

Pre-order packages come with various pre-order bonuses depending on package. "Edge of Darkness" pre-order package includes a Season Pass.

Upcoming Escape from Tarkov Arena game will be a separate purchase that will be cheaper than the game. It will be free with the "Edge of Darkness" pre-order bonus.

Books DLCs are currently not available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Battlestate Games\Escape from Tarkov\Settings HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Battlestate Games\EscapeFromTarkov

Game progress and some settings are stored on your account.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Option is present, but not yet available.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Game uses vertical FOV. Slider up to 75 (107 horizontal on a 16:9 screen) degrees.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, TAA and Resampling available, along with sharpness slider.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.5, FSR 1.0, FSR 2.2
Vertical sync (Vsync)		You can also set custom FPS limits for the game lobby (up to 60) and in game (up to 144).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate is capped 144 FPS. Can be unlocked by enabling VSync in the game's options and disabling it in the Nvidia Control Panel.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Various options like activation on double key press, on key press and after key press.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Separate slider for aiming down sights.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Overall, SFX, Interface, Chat sounds and Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				English voicelines are available for USEC faction and can be selected for BEAR faction. Some NPCs speak in English.
Simplified Chinese
Czech				Website and launcher are currently not translated.
French
German
Hungarian				Website and launcher are currently not translated.
Italian
Japanese				Launcher is currently not translated.
Korean				Website and launcher are currently not translated.
Polish				Website and launcher are currently not translated.
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian				Website and launcher are currently not translated.
Slovak				Website and launcher are currently not translated.
Russian				Russian voicelines can be selected for BEAR faction and are used by Scav faction. Some NPCs speak in Russian.
Spanish
Latin American Spanish				Website is currently not translated.
Turkish				Website is currently not translated.

Only four languages (English, Russian, German, and French) are initially selectable when creating a character, the rest has to be selected in the option menu afterward.

Some languages might be incomplete and miss some translations.

More languages are planned. Public translations can be found here.

Subtitles are planned (option is present in menu, but currently not usable).

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		1	Various maps are available to play in "offline mode", although you still need to be connected to the game servers to login, with no progression of any kind. Various settings like AI number and difficulty available.
LAN play
Online play		12	Co-op, Versus Players can assume a role of NPC player, "Scav" in scenario mode, possibly increasing the amount of 12 online players in session.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	DirectX 9 support was present in the early versions, but was removed and replaced with DirectX 11 in later patches. DirecX 12 can be forcefully enabled with -force-d3d12, but it has graphical issues. Launcher uses DirectX 9Ex.
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			64-bit for both the launcher and game itself.

Vulkan support was enabled briefly, but removed afterwards. It was planned for future update.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Oculus Audio	Works when Binaural sound game option is enabled. Steam Audio was used previously
Anti-cheat	BattlEye	Saberclaw Anticheat was used previously

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 / 8 / 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo - 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon x2 - 2.6 GHz	Intel Core i5 Quad Core - 3.2 GHz AMD Athlon II x4 - 3.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	18 GB	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	2 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.