extraction shooter

plural extraction shooters

1. A genre of shooter game in which the player enters a map containing valuable items and competes with other players to retrieve them.

   WHAT IS IT? A free-to-play PvPvE extraction shooter

   2022 September 29, Samantha Greer, “RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL”, in PC Gamer, number 373, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 64

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   Deceive Inc is the latest development in that story. Created by a team of former triple-A hands, it carries DNA from extraction shooters such as Hunt: Showdown, while also embracing social stealth as its core mechanic in a way no big-budget publisher would today.

   2023 June 29, “Deceive Inc”, in Edge, number 384, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 108

   Known for its near-milsim mechanics and intense combat, Escape From Tarkov has long been revered as the pinnacle of the extraction shooter genre.

   2024 June 29, Ashok Pandey, “A Look at the Best Upcoming Games in 2024”, in PC Quest, volume 37, number 6, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 52

   ARC Raiders®, an all-new PvPvE extraction shooter from Nexon’s Embark Studios, launched on October 30, and continues to hold the #1 ranking on Steam’s Top Sellers list with more than four million games sold, high retention, and more than 700,000 concurrent players in the second week of operation.

   2025 November 11, “Nexon Releases Earnings for Third Quarter 2025”, in Business Wire, via EBSCOhost

   Bungie is also investing more in the extraction shooter Marathon, which has not met sales expectations since its March release but which the company hopes will expand its player base over time.

   2026 May 21, Jason Schreier, “Bungie Plans Layoffs After Ending 'Destiny 2' Development”, in Bloomberg.com, via EBSCOhost