Popular tense extraction games
Every raid here risks the kit you carry, with loot to grab and rivals closing in before you reach the exit. ARC Raiders has you weighing trust against survival while scavenging past machines, Marathon sends you into a lost colony to search supplies and judge when to leave rich, and Arena Breakout: Infinite turns each push through Kamona into careful choices about guns and weather. You plan, you loot, you get out alive or you lose it all.
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Active Matter
A realistic extraction shooter set in quantum-unstable zones where you pick a loadout, harvest active matter, grab loot, and get out before the zone collapses. Expect rival operatives, crazed survivors, anomalies, and transformed creatures — solo or in small squads.
78% of 4,680 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6,419$29.99Marathon
Marathon drops you onto the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV to scavenge loot, strip gear from rivals you beat, and fight to extraction. Death costs you what you carried, so every run is a call on when to push and when to leave rich.
81% of 45,518 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,830$39.99ARC Raiders
Solo or in trios, every run mixes scavenging, robot fights, and fellow raiders you cannot quite trust.
82% of 309,198 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 51,870$39.99Arena Breakout: Infinite
Arena Breakout: Infinite is a high-stakes tactical extraction shooter where every raid is a gamble: gear up, loot Kamona, fight players and AI, then reach an exit alive to keep it all. With six maps, harsh weather and deep gun building, it is made for extraction fans who like risk with every decision.
73% of 87,716 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31,615FreeDeadline Escape
Deadline Escape is a single-player, low-poly extraction looter shooter set after the collapse. You raid one of 4 maps, scavenge food, gear and valuables, fight zombies, rebels and bosses, then reach the exit before the countdown hits zero to keep it all.
85% of 477 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$4.99Road to Vostok
A single-player extraction shooter set between Finland and Russia. You gear up in Area 05, push through guarded border crossings, and risk Vostok, where death wipes the whole save. Loot, barter, stash, repeat. For extraction fans who want the tension without other players stealing the fun.
83% of 9,214 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 476$19.99Escape From Duckov
Escape From Duckov is a single-player PvE take on extraction shooters, played as a cartoon duck. You enter one of five maps with basic gear, scavenge meds, valuables and blueprints, then reach the extraction point in time or lose what you carried.
85% of 84,529 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3,931$17.99HOPE 01
HOPE 01 is a single-player extraction survival RPG set in a deteriorating underground hab cluster. You head out with guns, gadgets and supplies, loot weapons and gear, then make it back to your hideout alive or lose what you carried. Scan finds to print them later, build loadouts for bosses, and chase the mystery of HAB 01 across multiple endings.
93% of 239 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 39$11.99Cargo Hunters
You are a remote-controlled robot picking through a dead Earth for rich clients who miss their stuff. Grab loot, watch weight, noise and condition, then get out alive or lose the lot. Solo or with three friends, against machines and weather, not other players.
82% of 813 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$19.99CONVRGENCE
CONVRGENCE is a single-player VR extraction shooter set in the shifting Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. You plan a raid, scavenge loot and artifacts, fight bandits, then exfil before nightfall brings out what hunts in the dark. A loyal dog watches your back and helps find supplies.
88% of 1,799 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72$24.99Lost Rift
Lost Rift pairs a personal survival island with high-stakes extraction trips. You wash up at Pioneers’ Landing, build a camp, craft gear and take quests, then risk it all on multiplayer expeditions where death takes what you carried. Solo or in teams up to five, in PvPvE or co-op PvE.
67% of 1,483 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$24.99Far Far West
Form a crew of robot cowboy bounty hunters and ride out for the Town Sheriff in 1-4 player co-op. You track targets across a weird West of haunted mines, skeletons and storms, blast monsters with guns and spells, grab the bounty, then get out mostly alive.
95% of 33,161 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,404$19.99
