{"id":1393300,"date":"2025-11-15T16:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/MgSujhfHcm36JUA4C8CQS6"},"modified":"2025-11-15T16:33:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:33:45","slug":"escape-from-tarkov-shoots-to-the-top-of-downdetector-debuts-on-steam-to-mixed-reviews-as-players-struggle-to-log-in-best-extraction-shooter-that-you-cant-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/escape-from-tarkov-shoots-to-the-top-of-downdetector-debuts-on-steam-to-mixed-reviews-as-players-struggle-to-log-in-best-extraction-shooter-that-you-cant-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Escape From Tarkov shoots to the top of Downdetector, debuts on Steam to \u2018Mixed\u2019 reviews as players struggle to log in: &#8216;Best extraction shooter that you CAN&#8217;T play&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Escape From Tarkov is the rare PC game to strike it big without a presence on big digital storefronts like Steam, in part because it helped prove <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/escape-from-tarkov-is-a-daunting-and-savage-evolution-of-battle-royale\/\">the extraction shooter had legs<\/a>. Demand was still high to get the game on Valve&#8217;s absurdly popular platform, though, and the day has <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3932890\/Escape_from_Tarkov\/\">finally come<\/a>\u2014though it was a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/escape-from-tarkov-owners-will-have-to-buy-it-again-if-they-want-to-play-through-steam-and-the-steam-version-will-require-a-battlestate-account-anyway\/\">bumpy ride<\/a> getting to this point. In fact, it&#8217;s still pretty bumpy: the launch is rife with problems.<\/p>\n<p>The Steam debut, which coincides with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/escape-from-tarkov-launch-time-release-date\/\">Escape From Tarkov&#8217;s 1.0 release<\/a>, has helped the game rocket to the top of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/escape-from-tarkov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Downdetector<\/a>, which is showing hundreds of reported connection issues per hour beginning this morning. The user reviews on Steam are bringing the game&#8217;s score to a &#8220;Mixed&#8221; rating as players describe their issues logging in. As user Icedecknight put it in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/id\/Icedecknight\/recommended\/3932890\/\" target=\"_blank\">their review<\/a>: &#8220;Negative review until I can actually play the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The official Tarkov account <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tarkov\/status\/1989682150505922830?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">on X<\/a> has acknowledged the launch woes, noting in a post that the team is &#8220;aware that due to high traffic, some players may experience problems connecting to servers and authorising in the game and launcher. Our technical team is actively working to stabilise the game servers and authorisation services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We thank players for their interest in the release of #EscapefromTarkov 1.0 and are aware that due to high traffic, some players may experience problems connecting to servers and authorising in the game and launcher.Our technical team is actively working to stabilise the game\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1989682150505922830\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Steam user Kev-O&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/id\/KevOMeister\/recommended\/3932890\/\" target=\"_blank\">review<\/a> describes a seemingly common issue: &#8220;When I launched the game, a window popped up asking me to create an account, but when I went to their website to create an account, it was under maintenance. Haven&#8217;t been able to play.&#8221; While writing this article, I opened up the Escape From Tarkov website and was met with a 55 minute virtual queue to see the front page.<\/p>\n<p>Other players are taking to social media, reporting error codes and bugs which prevent them from logging in. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EscapefromTarkov\/comments\/1oxtrtg\/what_does_this_mean_bug\/\" target=\"_blank\">Error code 1000<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EscapefromTarkov\/comments\/1oxtrib\/what_is_this_error_irl\/\" target=\"_blank\">error code 0<\/a>, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EscapefromTarkov\/comments\/1oxth57\/screenshot_error_213_since_11am_gmt\/\" target=\"_blank\">error code 213<\/a>, for instance, though that last one seems to be familiar to Tarkov players. As Reddit user ascend204 commented in a thread discussing login issues, &#8220;Welcome to Tarkov wipe day, expect the game to start working in a few hours. It&#8217;s always a mess the first 2-3 hours.&#8221; Still, others are reporting <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EscapefromTarkov\/comments\/1oxtrk9\/bug_i_paused_the_update_download_with_300_mb\/\" target=\"_blank\">trouble updating the game<\/a>, an inability to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EscapefromTarkov\/comments\/1oxtqx6\/bug_tutorial_did_not_complete_after_extracting\/\" target=\"_blank\">progress past the tutorial<\/a>, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EscapefromTarkov\/comments\/1oxtlj3\/loading_into_1st_game_for_20_minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;20+ minute&#8221; loading screens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In short, it&#8217;s a bit of a mess, though nothing new for a popular live service game&#8217;s hotly anticipated launch day. Tarkov is one of the biggest extraction shooters around, and many of the negative reviews are more concerned with the launch woes than the game itself. As a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/3932890\/negativereviews\/?browsefilter=toprated&#038;snr=1_5_100010_\" target=\"_blank\">Steam review from Yazl\u0131kPlekumat<\/a> says, it&#8217;s the &#8220;best extraction shooter that you CAN&#8217;T play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/3932890\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\">to SteamDB<\/a>, it&#8217;s the second best-selling game on Steam right now, and though it&#8217;s not rocking the charts at <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/3932890\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\">around 19,000 concurrent players<\/a> while I write this, I have a feeling that number will go up as these issues are (hopefully) sorted out. Still, it may have an uphill battle catching up to fellow extraction shooter Arc Raiders on the platform, which is flying high after a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/arc-raiders-sells-4-million-copies-making-it-the-most-successful-global-launch-in-nexons-history\/\">ludicrously successful launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"cfe410d5-7e01-470e-91f1-821146df33e6\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/escape-from-tarkov-shoots-to-the-top-of-downdetector-debuts-on-steam-to-mixed-reviews-as-players-struggle-to-log-in-best-extraction-shooter-that-you-cant-play.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"cfe410d5-7e01-470e-91f1-821146df33e6\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/escape-from-tarkov-shoots-to-the-top-of-downdetector-debuts-on-steam-to-mixed-reviews-as-players-struggle-to-log-in-best-extraction-shooter-that-you-cant-play\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escape From Tarkov is the rare PC game to strike it big without a presence on big digital storefronts like Steam, in part because it helped prove the extraction shooter had legs. Demand was still high to get the game on Valve&#8217;s absurdly popular platform, though, and the day has finally come\u2014though it was a bumpy ride getting to this point. In fact, it&#8217;s still pretty bumpy: the launch is rife with problems. The Steam debut, which coincides with Escape From Tarkov&#8217;s 1.0 release, has helped the game rocket to the top of Downdetector, which is showing hundreds of reported connection issues per hour beginning this morning. The user reviews on Steam are bringing the game&#8217;s score to a &#8220;Mixed&#8221; rating as players describe their&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/escape-from-tarkov-shoots-to-the-top-of-downdetector-debuts-on-steam-to-mixed-reviews-as-players-struggle-to-log-in-best-extraction-shooter-that-you-cant-play\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1393301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1393300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Escape From Tarkov shoots to the top of Downdetector, debuts on Steam to 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