Players join matches called 'raids' in which they fight other players and bots for loot and aim to survive and escape. The game is set in the fictional Norvinsk region in northwestern Russia, where a war is taking place between two private military companies (United Security 'USEC' and the Battle Encounter Assault Regiment 'BEAR'). Escape from Tarkov is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game in development by Battlestate Games for Windows.