Arc Raiders has achieved 16 million sales, a remarkable milestone for the extraction shooter that has proven highly successful for developer Embark and publisher Nexon.
In its latest financial report, Nexon described Arc Raiders' sales as "extraordinary" and noted it is the most successful new product in the company's history.
Six months post-launch, the game is deep into the inevitable "dead game" debate, despite remaining one of the most played titles on Steam (neither Sony nor Microsoft disclose player numbers). While concurrent player counts on Valve's platform have declined from the explosive launch, the game still regularly peaks at over 100,000 players on PC.
Yesterday, Embark announced that Arc Raiders will receive only two major content updates per year, sparking community complaints. The next update, Frozen Trail, arrives in October, introducing new locations, enemies, story expansions, lore, and progression system updates.
"Going forward, we've decided to release major updates twice a year—larger in scale, more impactful, with the goal of genuinely changing how you play the game," Embark explained. "Don’t worry, a dedicated live service team will continue running Arc Raiders day-to-day: regular live updates, plus balance fixes, bug fixes, store updates, and player events aren't going anywhere."
"This additional development space also allows us to invest more deeply in the health of Arc Raiders, from progression and economy balancing to fair play and anti-cheat efforts. We know these are foundational to the experience, especially in a game where every encounter and extraction matters."
Clearly, Nexon has high hopes for the October update. In its financial report, Nexon said Arc Raiders is "now settling in with a large and deeply loyal player community," but the Frozen Trail update will "reshape" how the game is played, "which is great for reactivating users who finished the original game, and for attracting all-new players."
The idea is to use this update to convince lapsed players to return to Arc Raiders and potentially attract new ones. But that's not all: Embark is still updating its other live service shooter, The Finals, and, according to Nexon, has two new games in early development.
