As Arc Raiders celebrates its first birthday, publisher Nexon reveals the extraction shooter has topped 17 million sales, but revenue is set to decline

As Arc Raiders celebrates its first birthday, publisher Nexon reveals the extraction shooter has topped 17 million sales, but revenue is set to decline

Embarking up the right tree.

Arc Raiders, Embark Studios' popular extraction shooter, has exceeded 17m copies sold, according to publisher Nexon.

Arc Raiders was released at the end of October 2025, so reaching that milestone in a year is nothing to scoff at. According to Nexon's latest earnings report, however, only 1m copies of those 17 were sold in the third quarter - meaning sales have certainly slowed down.

Relatedly, Nexon said it expects Arc Raiders' revenue to decline in the fourth quarter compared to the same period last year - when the game enjoyed its hugely successful launch - and anticipates revenue will be "broadly flat sequentially". Despite this, the company said Arc Raiders' revenue was "within the outlook", naming its Frozen Trail update as a key moment that brought back some lapsed players while introducing new ones.

Indeed, Frozen Trail boosted the game's Steam player count, and reports suggest it also helped Arc Raiders hit a six-month player high across various platforms.

Even with its slowing sales, Arc Raiders remains one of Nexon's most successful titles. The company primarily attributed an overall year-on-year revenue increase, for the nine months ended 30th September, to the game.

Looking ahead, the biggest question hanging over Arc Raiders is whether or not it's going to get a dedicated PvE playlist. Following a successful test earlier this summer, Embark has been coy, and hasn't said whether PvE will return as a permanent feature. Arc Raiders' Chinese version does have a dedicated PvE mode, and executive producer Aleksander Grøndal said he could see both PvP and PvE modes co-existing in the future.

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