Streamer becomes first in the world to actually Escape from Tarkov

Streamer ‘Tigz’ became the first player in the world to do the unthinkable and actually Escape from Tarkov.

Escape from Tarkov revolutionized the extraction shooter genre all the way back with the release of its early access build in 2016. Many competitors have since come and gone, but Tarkov remains standing, having only just reached its 1.0 release on November 15, 2025.

Eight years on, the game can now actually be finished. Rather than simply loading in, grabbing some load, and making your way out, there’s a new end goal. Well, a few new end goals, to be precise.

As content creator Tigz discovered first, you can now actually make an escape from the troubled lands of Tarkov. No, we’re not being facetious; they really did fulfil the game’s title.

Tigz makes the world’s first escape out of Tarkov

Shortly after the game’s 1.0 build went live, a subsequent update on December 1 added a new map called Terminal. This was set to be the final map in the game.

It’s through Terminal that players are now able to make their way out of Tarkov and effectively ‘end’ the story.

At the tail end of their “movie” like run that left them “losing [their] voice” in sheer excitement, Tigz became the first to see one of these new endings on December 2. However, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows on the other side.

As it turns out, there are four unique endings for Tarkov players to try and track down. For Tigz, he escape, but Tarkov was nuked, and the enemy faction reformed in its ashes. He “ran for the sake of survival, chose the path of a runaway,” as the game put it.

Congratulations to @RealTigz on being the first to Escape from Tarkov. You survived. But at what cost. pic.twitter.com/nd4lSWIZIb

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

According to Tarkov Director Nikita Buyanov, it’s the “second worst” of the four available endings. You can assume the best would be an ending where Tarkov isn’t nuked.

“The first who will complete the game with the Best Ending will definitely have something special from me,” Buyanov teased on X (formerly Twitter).

For now, the hunt continues as players unravel the secrets hidden away on the Terminal map, all in hopes of achieving the mysterious ‘Best’ ending. No matter who comes after, though, Tigz can always hold the claim of being the first player in the world to truly escape Tarkov.