Escape From Tarkov Players Will Have To Buy The Game Again If They Want to Play It On Steam

Escape from Tarkov fans person criticized Battlestate Games aft the developer confirmed players volition beryllium required to repurchase the afloat crippled if they privation to play it connected Steam.

The tactical extraction shooter released successful aboriginal entree backmost successful 2017 and precocious confirmed it's yet moving to mentation 1.0 connected November 15, 2025. Alongside broadside the 1.0 launch, Escape from Tarkov is yet coming to Steam.

However, a speedy survey of Escape from Tarkov's FAQs reveals that adjacent those who've been playing the shooter done its bespoke launcher for years "must purchase" the crippled again if they'd similar to adhd it to their Steam libraries.

"To play Escape from Tarkov done Steam, you indispensable acquisition immoderate variation of the crippled connected Steam," the FAQ explains. "You tin past nexus your existing Battlestate Games relationship with an progressive transcript of the crippled to your Steam profile. If the editions differ, it volition automatically usage the higher variation of the 2 erstwhile launching the crippled done Steam."

While players volition proceed to beryllium capable to play via Battlestate's ain launcher, immoderate fans person slammed the developer for not providing escaped Steam keys, peculiarly arsenic some Steam and launcher players volition stock the aforesaid servers, and each players, careless of platform, necessitate a Battlestate account.

"There are nary excuses for buying an other Steam transcript conscionable to play from an existing account," said 1 player. "The developer has the tools to manus retired Steam keys to players who already ain the crippled extracurricular Steam arsenic the developers of Path of Exile 2 did etc."

"This is beauteous scummy," 1 subordinate wrote, portion different said: "Holy s**t. BSG has perfectly zero respect for their fans."

One remark that has had hundreds of upvotes said: "it mightiness beryllium tenable if determination WASN'T relationship linking that took place, [or] if you bought connected Steam, you had to registry arsenic a marque caller relationship with immoderate mentation you purchased. The information that you tin nexus an existing relationship and it automatically upgrades to the higher mentation is what doesn't beryllium close with me. You driblet $30 for the Standard Edition conscionable to nexus and upgrade to your $120 [Edge of Darkness edition]? You're conscionable buying successful to play your relationship connected Steam astatine that point."

"There's droves of radical who person been waiting for years to person a spot to enactment their grievances wherever it mightiness really substance to bash so," suggested 1 player. "No doubt, the infinitesimal that players person the accidental to permission a Steam review, they're going to. However, you can't permission a Steam reappraisal connected a crippled you don't own. Therefore, immoderate of the galore long-time players that person been repeatedly burned by [the developer] are not apt to walk immoderate much wealth connected his dogs**t. Therefore, the lone reviews volition beryllium from caller players that get the afloat 1.0 experience, without each the years of disappointment down it."

"I don't get wherefore radical enactment amazed each of a sudden," said idiosyncratic else. "And knowing however toxic and hateful this assemblage has go implicit the years, if they handed escaped keys to everyone, the reviews would instantly get thrown into a s**tstorm of hatred adjacent from radical who haven't played successful a fewer years."

Others are reminding those upset players that anyone tin adhd non-Steam games to their Steam library, although, obviously, this is conscionable a shortcut and doesn't unlock immoderate Steam features similar achievements. The developer has yet to respond publically to the backlash.

Players were likewise unhappy erstwhile July's Hardcore Wipe introduced large changes to the game, buffing the situation and removing quests and maps. This hitch was peculiarly brutal arsenic Tarkov besides present boasts slower progression and tougher difficulty, making it harder for players to retrieve their pre-wipe presumption and inventory.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.