ARC Raiders nears 500K concurrent players on Steam

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Key points
- Third-person PvPvE extraction shooter ARC Raiders hit a new all-time peak of 462,488 concurrent Steam players on Nov. 9, 2025.
- Developed and published by Embark Studios, ARC Raiders, launched on Oct. 30, 2025, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC.
- The game has a “Very Positive” rating on Steam with 64,300 reviews.
Third-person PvPvE extraction shooter ARC Raiders hit a new all-time peak of 462,488 concurrent Steam players on Nov. 9, 2025.
As of the time of writing, the game has a “Very Positive” rating on Steam with 64,300 reviews.
Developed and published by Embark Studios, ARC Raiders, launched on Oct. 30, 2025, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.
Set in the distant future on Earth, where mysterious and deadly “ARC” robots have taken over the surface, forcing humanity to live underground, the game allows players to assume the role of one of the “raiders,” those who choose to go above ground, also known as “the topside,” to collect resources which then will be sorted with the assistance of their roosters for the welfare of underground city Speranza.
As of the time of writing, on American review aggregator Metacritic, the title’s PC version has a Metascore of 88 points based on 39 critic reviews, while its PlayStation 5 counterpart has a Metascore of 82 points based on 9 critic reviews, along with a “Generally Favorable” user score of 8.5 based on 508 ratings.






