Escape From Tarkov Boss Comments on ARC Raiders

Escape from Tarkov creator Nikita Buyanov said ARC Raiders is aimed at a more casual audience.

He said the Tarkov team is instead building a separate combat simulator focused on extreme difficulty and realism.

The comments point to a split in the extraction-shooter market between mainstream-friendly and hardcore realism-driven games.

That divide could shape future player expectations and competition across the genre.