Someone Actually Just Escaped From Tarkov — and Now the Floodgates Are Open

Brace yourself: idiosyncratic has yet really Escape(d) from Tarkov.

As posted connected Escape From Tarkov's Instagram feed, streamer Tigz has someway really managed to… well, escape, making them the archetypal subordinate to bash truthful successful the 8 years the crippled has been live.

"Congratulations to Tigz connected being the archetypal to Escape From Tarkov," the station reads. "You survived. But astatine what cost."

Nikita Buyanov, manager of the ultra hardcore extraction shooter, besides celebrated the achievement, albeit confirming mediocre Tigz secured the "worst ending though… not cool."

Congratulations to @RealTigz connected being the archetypal to Escape from Tarkov. You survived. But astatine what cost. pic.twitter.com/nd4lSWIZIb

— Escape from Tarkov (@tarkov) December 1, 2025

To beryllium just to different players, flight was lone imaginable since the 1.0 mentation of the crippled went unrecorded past month, ushering successful the important last map, Terminal. Nonetheless, it's an unthinkable accomplishment that took implicit 2 weeks to conquer.

For those wanting impervious (or conscionable privation to spot a maestro astatine work), you tin ticker Tigz flight successful real-time connected his YouTube transmission (skip to astir 43 minutes). "Thanks for each the emotion guys and overmuch emotion to each the haters arsenic well," Tigaz posted to X/Twitter, appending a emotion bosom emoji.

— Escape from Tarkov (@tarkov) December 3, 2025

He's not the lone MVP getting noticed by developer Battlestate Games, though. Earlier today, December 3, Escape from Tarkov's socials besides revealed AlexPerch arsenic the archetypal to implicit the Didn't Escape storyline ending, though the developer stressed: "He escaped from Tarkov but did not flight from himself." XinChongg has likewise been immortalized arsenic "one of the archetypal to flight from Tarkov successful PvP," and Tsukinogi has conscionable been announced arsenic "the archetypal who escaped with champion ending successful PvE."

#EscapefromTarkov @nikgeneburn One of the archetypal to flight from Tarkov successful PvP. The grind was fun! Thank you, @bstategames, for the awesome game! pic.twitter.com/4eXRncU6tw

— ViiReX (@ViiReX2) December 2, 2025

The archetypal who escaped with champion ending successful PvE - Tsukinogi pic.twitter.com/kPje8s7RNS

— Nikita Buyanov (@nikgeneburn) December 3, 2025

Escape from Tarkov yet launched connected Steam successful 1.0 signifier past month, but with it came a 'mixed' idiosyncratic reappraisal rating. Buyanov aboriginal apologized to players for what helium called a "rough" release, saying the squad was "willing to proceed fighting" to "finally ace the show problems." Multiple patches person been released, the latest of which arrived connected Monday.

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.