🚫 DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME! 🚫

[[UA] Forest Spirit]

I have played for quite a while during Seasons 1-2, and here’s what I have to say:

At first, everything seemed amazing!
✅ Fast loading times – Wow, faster than Tarkov!
✅ Smaller maps – No need to run through endless forests!
Bots don’t one-tap you in the head – Wait, they actually do!

But… once the game stopped feeling new, my account hit level 30+, and that’s when the nightmare began:

Major Issues of the Game
❌ It’s hard to make a profit unless you’re a pro player with a full squad of 4 friends.
❌ PAY-TO-WIN, PAY-TO-PLAY – this is where things get ridiculous! In Tarkov, you buy once and forget, but here, you have to pay every month for storage, camo, and literally everything! The pricing is insane – €200-300 for a storage container. If you don’t have a high salary, you literally cannot play without spending money.
❌ Developers only care about money – I received an in-game email: "Leave a review about the game!" I thought, "Nice, I’ll write about what can be improved." But no! The entire survey was about money! "How much are you willing to spend per month?" "What would you spend it on—camos or currency?" Not a single question about actual gameplay. Disgusting!
❌ Bugs take ages to fix – feels like a low-quality game.
❌ They promise one thing, but always release something paywalled.
❌ The game is flooded with cheaters, especially those with Chinese characters in their names.
❌ Even in hardcore modes, rare loot drop rates are abysmally low.

Gameplay Hell
🔻 You will die to campers in bushes, naked runners, thermal scopes, red ammo, and cheaters.
🔻 Constant reports if you play well – If you’re not a bot, you’ll get banned.
🔻 Rare loot is so rare that getting anything valuable feels like a miracle, but the market value is only 1.5 million (enough for 6 cheap gear sets or one thermal scope – which isn’t even enough!).
🔻 Players are constantly frustrated – I know several friends who deleted the game out of pure rage after another unfair match.
🔻 A top-tier player I know won 70-80% of the time, yet even he kept quitting due to cheaters and bush campers.
🔻 Your survival rate is around 30% at best, meaning out of three matches, only one will be profitable.

Why didn’t I quit earlier?
I love hardcore games. To survive, I spent hours studying tactics, crawling in stealth, and improving my skills.

Why did I quit?
☠ Once I started dominating (3-4+ kills per match), the reports started flooding in.
☠ Players got salty because I killed them in worse gear, and that was enough to get me banned.
☠ First, I got 1-day bans, then a 10-year hardware ban.
☠ I can’t create a new account, and my old, heavily invested account (worth over 60M in-game currency) is permanently gone.

🔴 I never used cheats!
After researching forums, I believe I was banned for using AutoHotkey, which I only used to rebind F1 and F2 keys (since I have a small keyboard, and the game doesn’t allow custom bindings).

☠ Another possible reason? Using advanced movement tricks – but everyone does that!
☠ Support is just bots who don’t care about evidence or fairness.

Final Verdict
🔥 I suffered, wasted time, tried to improve – lost everything.
🔥 Spent $1,200-1,400 over 1.5 years – got banned with no refunds.
🔥 Honest players can be banned for no reason – there’s no point in investing.
🔥 Thousands of negative reviews from people like me – no one ever gets unbanned.

👎 The game is built solely for monetization, developers don’t care about the community, and they ignore any suggestions to improve the game.
👎 No balance updates, no real fixes – only more ways to push microtransactions.
👎 If you gear up well, you’ll get wrecked by naked players. If you go in naked, you’ll get stomped by top-tier players.

Don’t make the same mistake I did.
🚫 Don’t waste your time. Don’t waste your nerves.
🚫 And most importantly – NEVER SPEND MONEY on this game.
🚫 I could’ve bought a new PC with what I wasted here.

The only way to "enjoy" this game? Sit in a bush for 30 minutes, wait for a target, loot, and run.

Is that good gameplay? A good game? No.
🚫 DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME! 🚫

[JIjN]

I can agree with that on every point - that's exactly how I experienced it.

[Shargash]

Understood, i would be more likely to believe this if your profile were not an unverifiable skeleton though

[WishFish]

I think they are pretty happy with players like you. You spent how much on this game again?

[Juniper Seed]

Keep this thread at the top of the forum at all times. These devs are as scummy as it gets, folks.

[JIjN]

Just read along on https://www.reddit.com/r/ArenaBreakoutInfinite/new/ for a week and you'll really know what's going on and then you can better consider whether you want to invest your time and money in something like that.

[SabFo]

cheater lier

[LuL]

Most people found this out 6 months ago bro :)

[Toxa]

Не слушайте это недоразумение из свинарника. Игра топ

Best game ever (almost)

[bantion_00]

lol what is this garbage what are you like 7? am not a pro player and this game is cake walk with no money spent if you don't like it just move on no one has to quit because you do

[bantion_00]

Wait so you never did quit but came here to complain because you got banned? lmao best joke i got all year i guess have fun else where i'll make sure i dedicate my next raid to you hahaha

[Nemo]

I haven't seen a cheater in weeks. Sounds like a skill issue.
Hard to make money? I'm playing it casually, pushing everything, and I'm at 100m.
10 year ban? You were cheating for sure, as those are manually verified. :)

[[UA] Forest Spirit]

I sincerely apologize if my post touched anyone’s soul and made them furious, though, honestly, I don’t understand why! 🤷‍♂️ That was never my goal. If you love this game and are a dedicated fan – I’m happy for you 😊 and truly hope the game continues to meet your expectations. But when the game dies – don’t say I didn’t warn you. 🔥 (Check out the mobile version! 📱💀)

Some people claim I was banned for cheating and deserved it. Too bad – I wasn’t a cheater. ❌ Believe it or not – it’s your choice. You’re free to think whatever you like. However, I find it strange that this post triggered some people so much that they’re ready to bang their heads against a wall. 🤦‍♂️ I mean, you could’ve just said: “I disagree”, “I don’t think so”, “You’re wrong” – and moved on.

🎯 What’s the point of my comment?
I wanted to warn people that bad experiences in this game can happen, and you might regret them later. 😕 I went through it myself and simply wanted to share my perspective. Yes, my post might be harsh, but I had my reasons.

I had a long back-and-forth with game support. They never gave me a single concrete reason for my ban, except the generic “third-party software” excuse. Imagine getting banned and not even knowing why. 🛑

I later found a list of software that could trigger a ban, which included AutoHotkey and even Steam. Obviously, Steam made no sense, but AutoHotkey was running (it launches with Windows – I use it to remap F1, F2, and F3 keys because my keyboard lacks them). However, I had played with it for over a year without issues.

I went through every match, every possible case, and explained everything. I asked support multiple times what exactly triggered the ban. I was ready to explain anything, but all I got were the same automated responses, clearly written by a bot. 🤖

I tried reaching out through other channels, but it was pointless. 🚪❌

🔥 Conclusion
This isn’t the kind of game where you can reach out to support and get a refund if you feel cheated or banned unfairly. Nobody will investigate your case or compensate for your lost time.

And to those calling themselves “pro players” and saying, “You just suck” – I’m happy for you! At 40 years old, I still have a long way to reach your level. 😉

P.S.
Everything I mentioned above isn’t just my opinion. During my ban, I visited many forums, Discord groups, and spoke with plenty of people who aren’t happy with this game either. Yes, they still log in occasionally, but they don’t deny its issues.

In all my searching, I never found a single case where someone was unbanned. However, I found plenty of posts about unfair bans.

P.P.S.
Not many cheaters in the game? 🤨 Google Arena cheats right now – you’ll find Undetected labels everywhere, and the reviews confirm everything works fine. 🚨 Here’s a hint: “It all works”, and they don’t get banned. 💰 Worse yet, if I’m not mistaken, some even offer an unban service... 🤯

[[UA] Forest Spirit]

Originally posted by Nemo:

You were cheating for sure, as those are manually verified. :)

support wrote repeatedly - the bot found you for some reason. If you are really interested - look for information on the forum, there is a lot about it there

[JIjN]

The truth is, if you have too much koen and stop paying real money, you no longer fit into their business model, and the risk of a ban is very high. A 10-year ban doesn't necessarily have anything to do with cheating.

[[UA] Forest Spirit]

https://arenabreakout-infinite.com/prohibited-not-recommended-software-and-hardware-list/

This list contains a bunch of programs that people use not for cheating, but for work, hobbies, and other purposes! However, developers only warn about this on their website – and nowhere else.

Here’s a list of programs that can get you banned, even though they are widely used for completely legitimate reasons:

🔹 Remote access and screen streaming programs:
Todesk – remote desktop software, an alternative to TeamViewer.
Sunflower(F El%) – software for remote control and file transfer.
TeamViewer – a popular tool for remote PC access.
AnyDesk – a fast remote desktop software, similar to TeamViewer.
Steam Link – an app by Valve for streaming games from PC to other devices.
NvStreamer – an Nvidia component used for GameStream and game streaming.
Sun-shine – a remote game streaming software, similar to Parsec.
Parsec – a powerful cloud gaming and local co-op streaming platform.
Moonlight – a streaming client for Nvidia GameStream.

🎥 Image and graphics capture tools:
RenderDoc – a graphics analysis tool used by game developers and 3D designers.
WinPix – a Microsoft tool for graphics profiling and performance analysis.
NVIDIA Nsight – an Nvidia debugging and graphics optimization tool.
Intel GPA – an Intel tool for analyzing game performance.
NvidiaProfileInspector – software for fine-tuning Nvidia GPUs.

⌨ Simulation and scripting tools:
AutoHotkey – a tool for automation and key remapping (for better accessibility).
DD Keyboard and Mouse Drivers – drivers for specific keyboards and mice.
Da Mo Plugin(th/4) – a lesser-known plugin, possibly related to macros.
So, if you use any of these programs, even without breaking any rules, the developers themselves state that you could be banned!

❓ Is this fair?
❓ Is this acceptable?
❓ Do they tell players about this at the start of the game? Or do they only find out AFTER their account has already been banned?

Honestly, this game deserves a multi-million lawsuit – so the developers finally learn to treat their players with respect.