ARC Raiders, a new multiplayer extraction shooter from Embark Studios, released this past weekend on PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5, and it has racked up an enthusiastic player base and widespread acclaim.
A buy-to-play title with a UK price tag of around £30.99, ARC Raiders’s first weekend saw tremendous initial success and the soaring player counts more commonly associated with free-to-play titles.
Released on Thursday 30 October, the game’s servers were straining over the weekend as the game peaked above 350,000 concurrent players — far more than the peak of 190,000 concurrent players seen during its ‘Server Slam’ playtest hosted from 17-19 October.
The game has a 90% positive rating on Steam with more than 24,000 reviews, ranking it among the highest in its genre.
Compared with Escape From Tarkov, a widely popular and realism-focused extraction shooter by Battlestate Games often cited as the touchstone for the genre, ARC Raiders forgoes serious, gritty first-person simulation for third-person, parkour-infused action.
It is less punishing, streamlined, and designed for a broader audience of differing skill levels playing across various platforms.
Following its successful first weekend, Embark Studios revealed its 2025 roadmap for ARC Raiders, giving players a glimpse at what they can expect from the game in coming months.
From now until the end of the year, the game will see the addition of new cosmetics, new map conditions, new feats and trials, and various quality-of-life updates.
In November, a new map called Stella Montis will be added, along with new ARC robotic enemies, gameplay items, quests, and community unlock event.
December will see the addition of the snowfall weather condition to maps, a special Flickering Flames event, new quests, and a new Raider Deck (the game’s equivalent to a battle pass system).
Check out the full 2025 roadmap for ARC Raiders below:
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