While Marathon is still keeping its cards close, the extraction shooter scene hasn't slowed down one bit.
In fact, 2025 has quietly become one of the genre's most exciting years. With tactical realism, sci-fi madness, and some truly odd indie gems, the wait for Bungie's reboot just became a lot more bearable.
From ground-level tactics to out-of-this-world dungeon quests, these six games offer everything to feed your extraction shooter cravings.
Arena Breakout: Infinite
The PC version of the hit mobile title does more than improve visuals; it completely redefines how accessible hardcore shooters can be.
Arena Breakout: Infinite focuses on realism, but it smooths out the clunky parts that usually scare off newcomers.
Gunfights are punishing and tactical, but you also get fast loadout setups, optional training missions, and streamlined UI elements to keep things moving.
Every raid comes with a calculated risk—better gear means more power but also more danger.
The sharpness of the audio design means that one wrong move or reload could make you the target.
Dark and Darker
Dark and Darker ditches guns and grenades for full-on fantasy action.
Combine the thrill of extraction gameplay with the challenge of dungeon crawling.
Players venture through dark, trap-laden dungeons as mages, barbarians, rangers, and others—battling monsters and rival players in search of loot and an escape.
It's the perfect balance of PvE and PvP that makes this game work. A single wrong move can spell disaster, whether it's a spike trap you didn't see or a rogue sneaking up on you during a heal.
Add to that a brutally slow pace and the ever-present fear of permadeath, and it becomes one of the tensest games on the list.
Gray Zone Warfare
For those who crave ultra-realistic, punishing shooters, Gray Zone Warfare may become your next obsession.
It's built around a persistent open world where every mission is manually executed—you and your squad deploy into live environments, complete contracts, and fight off other players and AI with zero handholding.
The ballistics, movement, and survival systems are all rooted in realism. Unlike others on this list, its pace is deliberately slower.
Gray Zone Warfare rewards patience, planning, and execution over twitch reflexes, making every successful extraction feel well-earned.
The Finals
Though it strays from the typical extract-and-loot format, The Finals still delivers that same adrenaline rush.
You and your squad land in destructible arenas, battle to loot cash from vaults, and race to extract it while others do the same.
The real difference is in just how chaotic the combat gets. It's more about fast action under pressure, with collapsing buildings, movement-based combat, and role customization taking the lead over slow looting.
It's high-octane, packed with action, and keeps that thrilling risk-versus-reward dynamic that makes extraction shooters so captivating.
Exoborne
Exoborne combines the thrill of extraction with brutal weather and near-future survival gear.
In the climate-wrecked U.S., this shooter goes all in on environmental chaos.
It's not just about battling rival players and AI factions; you're also dodging tornadoes, getting hit by lightning, or seeing storms wreck your escape route.
The key feature is your customizable exosuit, which comes with tools like grappling hooks and gliders to help you endure the chaos.
Every session is a tense, high-stakes match with up to 30 players and a ticking clock.
It combines PvPvE, unpredictability, and eye-catching visuals to redefine what extraction games can be.
Hole
There's no simple way to break down Hole, and that's what makes it interesting.
The game immerses you in odd subterranean zones where nothing functions as you'd expect.
Expect frequent gun jams, AI enemies with unsettlingly erratic movements, and item descriptions that seem like they were written in a fevered haze.
Even so, there's an undeniable pull in its madness. You're digging through scrap, improving gear in odd ways, and racing against the clock as the system crumbles. It's glitchy, intense, and weirdly brilliant.
Waiting for Marathon doesn't have to feel like standing in line with nothing to do. These extraction shooters are more than enough to keep things exciting.