ARC Raiders is proving to be the gift that keeps on giving. In the last 24 hours, at the time of writing, the game soared to a peak player count of 466,372 users on Steam. That’s ever-so-slightly behind the all-time peak of 481,000 secured just after launch in November 2025.
In a recent data-driven estimation, it was claimed that ARC Raiders might have surpassed 12 million sales in just over two months, a whopping 53.5% of which have landed on Steam. It was also claimed that the game is enjoying a daily active user count of a staggering 3.2 million gamers.
ARC Raiders Continues To Shatter Expectations
When ARC Raiders was released on October 30, no one thought it would reach such lofty heights. It has become known as one of the (if not the) best extraction games ever made. The accessibility of the game has introduced millions of extraction novices to a genre previously populated almost exclusively by crushing and challenging titles.
Things have changed, and ARC Raiders is here not just to stay, but to evolve.
In a recent post on social media, Alinea Analytics’ Rhys Elliot published a graphic showcasing some pretty stellar figures.
First, it was estimated that ARC Raiders now sits at a total sales count of 12 million units across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox. It has made Embark Studios around $350 million, and it enjoys a daily active user count of 3.2 million players.
It was theorized that a sizeable discount over the festive period, a 20% price reduction, drove additional sales through December. The arrival of Cold Snap, the Flickering Flames event, the first Expedition Project, and a new Raider Deck all combined forces to welcome back stacks of players to the game that some thought was starting to slow down.
Far from it, though. Embark Studios has a stunning amount of content in the pipeline and is only just getting started with ARC Raiders. This post-apocalyptic extraction adventure title has legs that stretch on ad infinitum, and it’s easy to see why the developer originally pledged to support the game for ‘years to come’.
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Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.
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But I was told AI bad? All these boomers getting put in their place they better not try and walk it back the journos and max dood. When FF7 and GTA6 use AI better boycott it. Tencent should have bought”t Nexon over Ubislop mess.