Nexon has confirmed that ARC Raiders, the extraction adventure developed by Embark Studios, has surpassed 17 million copies sold. However, sales growth is slowing, and the company expects its revenue to decline year-over-year in Q4 2026.
ARC Raiders was released in October 2025 and had sold 16 million copies by May 2026. In the approximately five months since then, the game added around 1 million in new sales, during which it also launched the "Frozen Path" update, one of the largest since release.
The limited-time PvE test briefly boosted player activity, but after the test ended, Steam's peak concurrent players dropped by up to 100,000 within a few days. Players are still awaiting news on long-term PvE content, which may be announced this month; the next major update is reportedly not expected until at least March 2027.
Nexon expects ARC Raiders' revenue in Q4 2026 to be lower than its launch quarter in 2025, while remaining roughly flat quarter-over-quarter. The company attributes the year-over-year decline to promotional discounts reducing per-unit revenue, decreased recognition of early deferred revenue, and more revenue being deferred to future periods. New sales, premium reward passes, and collector's edition DLC will provide some support for revenue.