When Small Impact first told me it was creating a space game inspired by hardcore looter shooters like Escape From Tarkov, I had my doubts. Developers have long tried to replicate the success of Battlestate Games’ extraction shooter to no avail. DICE attempted it with Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone mode, as did Improbable with Scavengers, but neither really fulfilled the brief. After playing Marauders, though, I’m convinced Team 17’s new developer is onto a winner.
Marauders is much more than just Escape From Tarkov in space. You’re not just dropped into a No Man’s Sky dieselpunk adventure with a gun and told to crack on. Instead, you’re put behind the controls of a spaceship – in my case, the grand old Rust Bucket – in an alternative history setting and given the keys to the galaxy.
"Small Impact Games & Team17 Digital have today announced the fourth free major content update for Steam Early Access shooter "Marauders", ‘Plunder’ which deployed this past week." - Team 17 and Small Impact Games.
"Team 17 and Small Impact Games have today announced ‘Red Baron’, the debut and free content update for hardcore looter shooter "Marauders", coming soon to Steam." - Team 17 and Small Impact Games.
"Team17 and Small Impact Games have announced that hardcore PvPvE looter shooter "Marauders" has seen players jump into 30 million raids – an average of one million per day – since the game’s Steam Early Access launch at the start of October." - Team17 and Small Impact Games.
