{"id":604500,"date":"2026-03-21T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-cycle-frontier-free-to-play-tarkov-steam-launch-date"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:30:08","slug":"the-cycle-frontier-brings-free-to-play-sci-fi-tarkov-to-steam-and-egs-june-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-cycle-frontier-brings-free-to-play-sci-fi-tarkov-to-steam-and-egs-june-8\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cycle: Frontier brings free-to-play sci-fi Tarkov to Steam and EGS June 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/the-cycle-frontier-brings-free-to-play-sci-fi-tarkov-to-steam-and-egs-june-8.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The time is finally upon us. Yager&#8217;s <strong>The Cycle: Frontier<\/strong>, the promising sci-fi take on Escape from Tarkov, has a release date. After two major closed beta tests, the developer finally revealed that PC players on Steam, and the Epic Games Store will be able to drop in on June 8.<\/p>\n<p>This is when the pre-season begins, effectively a soft launch for the highly-anticipated shooter. The first season will kick off in earnest two weeks later: on June 22, bringing with it the first battle pass.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a lack of blowout ads and sponsored streams, the game has found success organically on Twitch, as well as Steam. At the time of this writing, Frontier is <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/search\/?maxprice=free&amp;filter=popularwishlist\">Steam&#8217;s most-wishlisted free-to-play game<\/a>. Both beta tests were limited, but they still managed to grab over 900,000 players.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-cycle-frontier-free-to-play-tarkov-steam-launch-date\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-cycle-frontier-free-to-play-tarkov-steam-launch-date\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time is finally upon us. Yager&#8217;s The Cycle: Frontier, the promising sci-fi take on Escape from Tarkov, has a release date. After two major closed beta tests, the developer finally revealed that PC players on Steam, and the Epic Games Store will be able to drop in on June 8. This is when the pre-season begins, effectively a soft launch for the highly-anticipated shooter. The first season will kick off in earnest two weeks later: on June 22, bringing with it the first battle pass. Despite a lack of blowout ads and sponsored streams, the game has found success organically on Twitch, as well as Steam. At the time of this writing, Frontier is Steam&#8217;s most-wishlisted free-to-play game. 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