Yes, you can do that now.
I’d always assumed that Escape From Tarkov was just a catchy name and not something anyone could actually do—unless you’re speaking metaphorically, I suppose: The bullet that frees you from the weight and horror of this cold, rotting world, and all that. But no, you can escape from Tarkov, and just over two weeks after the game finally went into full release, someone did it.
That « someone » is Tigz, a longtime Tarkov streamer who accomplished the feat on December 1. Developer Battlestate Games confirmed on social media that Tigz was in fact the first to get the job done.
When I first heard that someone had escaped from Tarkov, I immediately assumed someone was making a silly joke. The game’s been out for eight years, after all, and if nobody’s escaped yet, well, nobody’s ever going to. But, as Tarkov aficionados are no doubt lining up to tell me, all of that time was spent in beta and early access: The full 1.
