Earlier this year, Nikita Buyanov, the head of the studio at Battlestate Games, revealed that there are three new Escape from Tarkov-themed games in the works. There’s a mobile game, a new single-player game, and Guncyclopedia, a spin-off that allows users to experiment with weapons from the wider Tarkov universe.
I recently caught up with Nikita to discuss all things Escape from Tarkov, and during that chat, we touched on the mobile experience. It’s no big secret that mobile gaming is huge and makes up the most valuable portion of the games industry, so I wanted to learn what the team was doing with a handheld Tarkov experience.
Tarkov Mobile Will Be an Extraction Game
It’s important to stress that Escape from Tarkov’s mobile game is not literally a handheld translation.
Instead, it’s an extraction game on mobile devices, set in the Escape from Tarkov universe, boasting a similar aesthetic, but not played from a first-person perspective. It’s leaning on a similar vibe to games like Escape from Duckov, Zero Sievert, and Scavland, and it’ll be something else entirely.
Here’s what Nikita told me about the Tarkov mobile experience:
It’s like a Tarkov game; it’s an extraction game, with a look and feel like Tarkov’s. It’s a different perspective; it’s third-person, top-down.
In terms of the production pipeline, I then probed to see how far along it is, as the studio is very busy right now with the core Escape from Tarkov platform, and Nikita himself is splitting his time between that and Fragmentary Order, his new game.
Nikita said:
The mobile game is already going, we already have MVPs and everything, so I guess next year, we will announce it.
Next year will be a busy one for Battlestate Games and Nikita’s new company, Rant Gaming. At Rant, Fragmentary Order is taking shape and entering a playable phase from next month, and at Battlestate, Escape from Tarkov’s second PvP season goes live in December and runs into early 2027.
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Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.
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