Embark Studios' extraction shooter Arc Raiders has surpassed 17 million copies sold, publisher Nexon confirmed in its latest earnings report. The game launched at the end of October 2025, and hitting that mark within a year is a notable result.
But the sales curve is clearly flattening. Of those 17 million copies, only 1 million were sold in the third quarter, meaning momentum has slowed considerably.
Nexon also expects Arc Raiders' revenue to decline in the fourth quarter compared with the same period last year, when the game was riding its hugely successful launch. The company added that it anticipates revenue will be "broadly flat sequentially." Even so, Nexon said the game's revenue came in "within the outlook."
The Frozen Trail update was singled out as a key moment: it brought back some lapsed players while introducing new ones. The update boosted the game's Steam player count, and reports suggest it also helped Arc Raiders reach a six-month player high across various platforms.
Slowing sales aside, Arc Raiders remains one of Nexon's most successful titles. The company largely credited the game for an overall year-on-year revenue increase in the nine months ended 30 September.
The biggest open question now is whether Arc Raiders will get a dedicated PvE playlist. After a successful test earlier this summer, Embark has stayed coy and hasn't said whether PvE will return as a permanent feature. The Chinese version of the game does have a dedicated PvE mode, and executive producer Aleksander Grøndal said he could see PvP and PvE modes co-existing in the future.
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