THE CRUNCH
Arc Raiders has sold more than 17 million copies in its first year, according to publisher Nexon. The extraction shooter from Embark Studios launched at the end of October 2025, making the milestone a strong debut-year result. The picture is not all rosy, though: Nexon's latest earnings report shows only 1 million of those copies were sold in the third quarter, a clear sign that sales have slowed since launch.
Nexon expects Arc Raiders' revenue to decline in the fourth quarter compared with the same period last year, when the game enjoyed its hugely successful launch, and anticipates revenue will be "broadly flat sequentially". The company nonetheless said the game's revenue was "within the outlook".
The Frozen Trail update gets some credit for keeping the game ticking over, with Nexon naming it as a key moment that brought back lapsed players while introducing new ones. The update boosted the game's Steam player count, and reports suggest it helped Arc Raiders reach a six-month player high across platforms.
Even with slowing sales, Arc Raiders remains one of Nexon's most successful titles, and the company primarily attributed its overall year-on-year revenue increase for the nine months ended 30 September to the game. One open question is whether a dedicated PvE playlist will return permanently: after a successful test earlier this summer, Embark has been coy, though the game's Chinese version does have a dedicated PvE mode, and executive producer Aleksander Grøndal has said he could see PvP and PvE co-existing in future.