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ARC Raiders

Embark Studios · 2025-10-30

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

Action

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 30, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 30, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Oct 30, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

ARC Raiders is a $39.99 game released in 2025, with Very Positive (82% of 411,892 reviews) in the Action genre.

28,472
playing now
82%
positive of 414k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
6,632
twitch viewers (latest)
89/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (265 ratings)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 91% recommend
100h
to beat · completionist 100h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

28,472 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

ARC Raiders is a 2025 multiplayer third-person extraction shooter developed and published by Embark Studios for the platforms PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S, built on the game engine Unreal Engine 5. It can be played solo, or in teams of two or three. The game has received generally favorable reviews from critics, and it was awarded Best Multiplayer Game at The Game Awards 2025 and Online Game of the Year at the 29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.

Trailer

ARC Raiders trailer thumbnail

Arc Raiders Reveal Trailer | Game Awards 2021

≈942,850 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 28,472 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 7,800 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~975/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (46,241 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.3M–19M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 414,183 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $26.75 at AllYouPlay (2025-12-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 49 of 94 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41k41k20252026Week of 2025-10-30: 41,351 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 4,890 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 24,368 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 3,561 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 20,757 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 3,297 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 30,646 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 3,030 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 23,655 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 2,347 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 7,226 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 2,213 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 7,635 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1,616 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 7,725 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1,630 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 9,597 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1,716 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10,007 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,954 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 9,945 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1,587 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 6,860 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1,360 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 7,116 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1,419 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 5,149 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1,200 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 4,412 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1,041 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 4,227 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1,063 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 4,068 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1,053 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 3,536 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 937 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 2,862 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 857 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 2,269 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 709 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 2,544 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 790 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 2,768 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 820 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 2,073 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 898 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 1,597 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 815 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 1,210 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 712 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 1,228 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 783 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 1,238 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1,106 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 871 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 740 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 919 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 645 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 828 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 616 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 723 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 604 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 683 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 664 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 639 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 628 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 492 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 509 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 635 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 507 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 734 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 492 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 531 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 524 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 373 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 318 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 369 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 337 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 348 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 364 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 35 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

38k12k2026-08-06 16:00 — 25,492 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 14,366 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 30,843 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 22,332 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 25,270 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 38,464 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 13,934 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 26,010 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 24,660 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 13,091 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 25,949 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 17,095 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 19,481 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 28,486 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 16,547 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 25,036 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 30,009 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 12,861 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 26,211 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 19,594 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 21,391 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 32,270 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 14,387 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 26,172 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 24,830 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 17,477 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 33,433 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 24,488 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 19,854 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 30,920 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 12,926 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 25,044 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 23,122 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 12,092 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 24,469 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 20,090 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 20,661 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 33,679 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 19,610 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 28,472 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#13#642026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #132026-08-07 — #132026-08-08 — #132026-08-09 — #132026-08-10 — #132026-08-11 — #132026-08-12 — #132026-08-13 — #612026-08-14 — #612026-08-15 — #612026-08-16 — #612026-08-17 — #602026-08-18 — #602026-08-19 — #572026-08-20 — #572026-08-21 — #572026-08-22 — #582026-08-23 — #632026-08-24 — #632026-08-25 — #632026-08-26 — #612026-08-27 — #612026-08-28 — #612026-08-29 — #622026-08-30 — #64
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1541542026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 31 new positive2026-08-07: 118 new negative2026-08-08: 53 new positive2026-08-08: 103 new negative2026-08-09: 36 new positive2026-08-09: 116 new negative2026-08-10: 32 new positive2026-08-10: 93 new negative2026-08-11: 39 new positive2026-08-11: 141 new negative2026-08-12: 21 new positive2026-08-12: 154 new negative2026-08-14: 35 new positive2026-08-14: 107 new negative2026-08-15: 52 new positive2026-08-15: 83 new negative2026-08-16: 25 new positive2026-08-16: 102 new negative2026-08-17: 34 new positive2026-08-17: 97 new negative2026-08-18: 29 new positive2026-08-18: 100 new negative2026-08-19: 80 new positive2026-08-19: 122 new negative2026-08-20: 41 new positive2026-08-20: 72 new negative2026-08-21: 3 new positive2026-08-21: 90 new negative2026-08-22: 29 new positive2026-08-22: 87 new negative2026-08-23: 44 new positive2026-08-23: 103 new negative2026-08-24: 32 new positive2026-08-24: 94 new negative2026-08-25: 16 new positive2026-08-25: 97 new negative2026-08-26: 45 new positive2026-08-26: 70 new negative2026-08-27: 37 new positive2026-08-27: 101 new negative2026-08-28: 15 new positive2026-08-28: 59 new negative2026-08-29: 33 new positive2026-08-29: 86 new negative2026-08-30: 26 new positive2026-08-30: 70 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$22.992025-09-222026-08-142025-09-22 — best price $39.992025-10-31 — best price $34.342025-11-06 — best price $39.722025-11-14 — best price $34.082025-11-19 — best price $33.502025-11-22 — best price $33.202025-11-26 — best price $33.102025-11-29 — best price $39.482025-12-02 — best price $33.422025-12-11 — best price $31.992025-12-17 — best price $31.992025-12-20 — best price $27.302025-12-23 — best price $26.782026-01-06 — best price $26.902026-01-22 — best price $39.992026-02-02 — best price $39.992026-02-06 — best price $33.992026-03-07 — best price $39.992026-04-01 — best price $31.992026-04-07 — best price $22.992026-04-11 — best price $39.992026-04-16 — best price $39.992026-04-19 — best price $30.992026-05-02 — best price $37.132026-06-04 — best price $31.992026-06-25 — best price $29.992026-06-28 — best price $22.992026-07-02 — best price $29.992026-07-13 — best price $27.792026-07-19 — best price $39.992026-07-28 — best price $34.292026-08-14 — best price $34.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8753562026-05-28 — 875 pageviews2026-05-31 — 638 pageviews2026-06-03 — 790 pageviews2026-06-06 — 695 pageviews2026-06-09 — 730 pageviews2026-06-12 — 643 pageviews2026-06-15 — 571 pageviews2026-06-18 — 558 pageviews2026-06-21 — 723 pageviews2026-06-24 — 589 pageviews2026-06-27 — 520 pageviews2026-06-30 — 484 pageviews2026-07-03 — 479 pageviews2026-07-06 — 489 pageviews2026-07-09 — 576 pageviews2026-07-12 — 479 pageviews2026-07-15 — 434 pageviews2026-07-18 — 382 pageviews2026-07-21 — 389 pageviews2026-07-24 — 469 pageviews2026-07-27 — 587 pageviews2026-07-30 — 442 pageviews2026-08-02 — 388 pageviews2026-08-05 — 417 pageviews2026-08-08 — 469 pageviews2026-08-11 — 429 pageviews2026-08-14 — 415 pageviews2026-08-17 — 397 pageviews2026-08-20 — 413 pageviews2026-08-23 — 488 pageviews2026-08-25 — 463 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

47k1.5k2026-08-17 04:12 — 2,381 viewers2026-08-18 10:12 — 1,681 viewers2026-08-20 03:12 — 2,495 viewers2026-08-20 17:12 — 3,371 viewers2026-08-21 00:12 — 46,894 viewers2026-08-24 05:12 — 2,611 viewers2026-08-25 00:12 — 7,833 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 7,348 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 7,288 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 5,255 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 4,692 viewers2026-08-27 08:12 — 1,526 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 5,712 viewers2026-08-27 11:12 — 3,123 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 6,698 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 6,671 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 7,554 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 6,028 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 5,414 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 4,031 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 4,299 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 4,746 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 5,554 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 7,476 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 8,339 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 8,045 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 5,261 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 6,261 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 3,540 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 3,769 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 2,722 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 7,576 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 7,413 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 8,432 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 6,012 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 6,112 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 4,302 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 2,924 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 5,450 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 6,632 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
93.5%
earned "Rite of Passage"
44.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesDualShock Controller Support4 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)70,8811%50
PS5 (PlayStation)42,7254%51
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)22,6111%50

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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