Free tactical FPS challenge

Arena Breakout is a free-to-play action game from Tencent Games. This realistic first-person shooter (FPS) for mobile balances fast-paced movement with tactical gameplay. Touted as an unofficial mobile remake of the PC game Escape from Tarkov, it adopts a layered survival aspect on top of the militaristic action—such as having hunger and injury mechanics.

With top-tier graphics and a lot of complex gameplay mechanisms, Arena Breakout is a definite must-try for players who need a much more challenging experience for mobile. Be warned, it’s a lot different from other FPS games like Call of Duty: Mobile or PUBG Mobile.

An immersive, complex RPG

At its core, Arena Breakout is an immersive role-playing game slash military simulation from the first perspective. As such, expect a steep learning curve. It’s not as straightforward as shooting and looting with a health bar to take care of. Here, you can extensively modify your weapons. At the same time, you must consider hunger and injuries, which affect your ability and efficiency in doing things.

As a massive mobile gaming title from Tencent Games, a famous game publisher that also developed PUBG Mobile, expect next-gen graphics from this game. Expect a detailed environment and an equally detailed view of your weapon. Unfortunately, such conditions make this app exclusive for modern and high-end devices, with updated operating systems on top of 64 GB RAM and at least 4.5 GB ROM.

Also, a lot of its features share glaring similarities with Escape from Tarkov. Aside from the game mechanics mentioned before being inspired by—or directly lifted from—the Battlestate Games’ hit title, its servers remain a bit bumpy. There’s no sorting of players by level, leaving new players at the mercy of experienced players and griefers. It’s worse when you realize that some items are dropped when you die.

Worldwide rollout

After long testing periods and soft launches in select parts of the globe, Arena Breakout has finally been officially released worldwide. The launch comes packed with exciting events for both new and long-term players, including Air Drop Incoming, Weekend Warrior, 7-Day Login Bundle, and Advanced Challenge. As for returning players who have taken part in the global beta testing, they can log in and reap their Returner Rewards within a specific time frame.

The officially released version supports a couple of languages, which are the following:

• Arabic
• English
• French
• German
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Thai
• Traditional Chinese
• Turkish

Hone your combat and survival skills

Overall, Arena Breakout is a great must-have for modern mobile devices. Marketed as the unofficial mobile port of Escape from Tarkov, plus being made by Tencent, this is as good as mobile RPGs get. However, note that it has a notoriously challenging curve, both in learning the game and making it through. You enjoy massive customization and complex survival while pitted against players of different skill levels.