ARC Raiders continues to impress, and the player count is not only holding firm as the game’s lifecycle pushes on – it’s growing. The game has gone from strength to strength, and with a roadmap of content sitting on the horizon alongside that positive community sentiment, the game shows no signs of slowing down.
Recently, Embark Studios revealed that the game hit a concurrent user count of 700,000 players over the weekend across all platforms. From the data we’ve collected, we know that a whopping 64% majority of those players were present on Steam.
PC Players Love Extraction Shooters
The extraction shooter genre (however dumb the name may be) has always been front and centre on PC. From Escape from Tarkov to Marauders, and from Gray Zone Warfare to Arena Breakout: Infinite, the PC platform loves an extraction title.
The latest addition to the lineup is ARC Raiders, released on October 30 and introducing an all-new concept to the genre, a ‘post-apocalyptic’ setting backed by an AI-powered robotic threat.
ARC Raiders is on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, but the latest figures revealed by Embark Studios paint a particular picture.
More than 64% of players are on Steam, showing that adoption is perhaps lacking somewhat on PlayStation and Xbox. With a market share of just 36%, console players are showing a lack of investment in the exhilarating extraction shooter.
It’s a fair statement, as the ‘extraction shooter concept’ is new to console-exclusive gamers. Until now, almost nothing with this operating model has appeared on console, save for failed titles like Call of Duty’s DMZ.
If you’re reading this and wondering if you should try ARC Raiders on console but are sceptical about the genre, let me point out that this is the highest-rated multiplayer shooter in almost a decade.
ARC Raiders continues to sit high on the charts. Let me know on the Insider Gaming Discord server if you intend to invest in the game.
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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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