An escape from Tarkov that ends forces troops to make a tough call

PSA: Details of Escape from Tarkov's many endings will be discussed in this article.

While Escape from Tarkov maintained a fairly steady level of popularity throughout its Early Access state, it's really taken on a significant “mainstream” feel now that it's in a 1.0 mode, on Steam, and endings that involve, well, successfully escaping Tarkov.

Speaking of endings, as first spotted by Insider Gaming, one of Tarkov's four endings has an absolutely brutal ending, provided A) you've managed to make it all the way to the end and B) have a full squad of people alongside you.

Because if you manage to meet these two parameters, Tarkov will let you know that not everyone can experience the ending. Specifically, after fighting all the way through the Terminal, the entire squad is informed that the Zubr boat can only take three people.

The Zubr boat cannot take everyone. The evacuation only begins when there are 3 people left on the bridge.

In other words, two people must be executed, and given that these are true companions, it is not an easy choice.

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“It's lovely and plainly obvious – Tarkov is not like all these games that do nothing but satisfy a constant dopamine hit,” one defender wrote in the comments in part. “It's cynical and absolutely just like (Nikita Buyanov) to suddenly offer a moral choice at the VERY end.”

That ending feels very reminiscent of Mafia 2, where you as the player just assume that Joe is part of the deal, only to find out in the end that it wasn't. It is cruel and also very realistic.

In the end, it's only one of four potential endings that exist in this cruel world, and the others aren't nearly as drastic, but also cool in their own rights.

Tarkov with multiple endings is really neat, and I hope other extraction shooters follow suit

As my colleague Josh Coulson noted in his report on the first person who actually managed to escape from Tarkov, there are actually four possible endings you could face.

Mind you, the end meted out to the very first priest was the second worst of them all.

Per Insider Gaming, of the four endings available, Debtor and Fallen are considered the worst to achieve. Survivor is a cozy middle-of-the-road ending, and the best ending, the Savior, is also the hardest to achieve. It also has some story elements that we think are worth finding out, though we won't spoil exactly what they are since the endings are still so new.