Nexon has formally introduced that Arc Raiders has bought greater than 12.4 million items for the reason that $40 sport launched on the finish of October 2025. The gross sales quantity shouldn’t be a shock, because the analysis agency Alinea Analytics beforehand estimated gross sales to be round 12 million.
Nexon president and CEO Junghun Lee mentioned gross sales at this stage, together with the truth that Arc Raiders reached 960,000 peak concurrent gamers, demonstrates “the potential for Arc Raiders to grow to be one other pillar in Nexon’s portfolio of blockbuster franchises.”
The Korean writer, which owns the Arc Raiders IP and developer Embark, additional said that Arc Raiders handed 10 million items bought by the top of December 2025. Nexon mentioned gross sales accelerated not too long ago, presumably due partially to the sport’s 20% low cost, pushing whole figures to 12.4 million and counting. The sport has bought nicely and nonetheless has a lot of gamers, as the sport usually ranks on the prime, or close to it, on the Steam charts.
Anybody who logs into Arc Raiders by the top of right now, January 13, will get the “Gilded Pickaxe Raider Device” as a part of the sport’s new replace right now.
This replace makes a collection of great adjustments, together with lowering the hearth fee for the Kettle from 600 to 450. “The earlier hearth fee was solely realistically reachable by gamers utilizing macros, which creates an unfair dynamic that favors utilizing third-party software program,” Embark mentioned.
Moreover, the Set off ‘Nade has been nerfed. “This nerf goals to make it much less usable as a ‘trigger-in-air’ grenade, while maintaining its usefulness as a sticky bomb,” Embark mentioned
What’s extra, the brand new Arc Raiders replace fixes an exploit with key playing cards that allowed gamers to retain the room keys even after utilizing them.
Given the massive success of Arc Raiders thus far, it is no large shock that Hollywood has come calling. Embark has mentioned it is gotten TV and film pitches, however no offers have materialized as of but.
Arc Raiders has been large hit, nevertheless it’s additionally been criticized for its use of AI-based text-to-speech methods. Patrick Söderlund, the top of Arc Raiders studio Embark, not too long ago shed extra gentle on the scenario, saying the studio’s objective in implementing AI into its improvement processes is to make higher video games extra effectively. He additionally pushed again towards the concept utilizing AI methods in sport improvement would result in decrease employment at Embark.
“We do not use AI to not have to rent individuals or change individuals or job teams or voice actors,” Söderlund instructed GamesBeat. “Individuals must take a step again and perceive what it’s and the way it may be an enormous assist to builders and be an incredible profit to gamers. I notice it’s an intricate topic and dialogue.”
GameSpot’s Arc Raiders overview scored the sport a 9/10. “We will all kill one another in Arc Raiders. The truth that most of us are selecting as an alternative to lend a serving to hand, if not an indication that humanity will probably be all proper in the true world, on the very least makes for among the best multiplayer video games I’ve ever performed,” reviewer Mark Delaney mentioned.