Only 54% of Banned Tarkov Players Turned Out to Be Cheaters
GamingAlly
April 6, 2026
Battlestate Games shared the current status of cheating and player bans in Escape from Tarkov with a new blog post. Today's post details the number of players removed from the pioneer of the extraction shooter genre between January and March 2026.
The development team explained in detail for the first time why players were banned and provided more information on the punitive actions taken against rule breakers. It was revealed that only 54% of the 25,000 players banned in the first quarter of 2026 were directly cheating.
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