Arc Raiders Reaches 16 Million Sales Worldwide As Embark Studios Ditches Monthly Updates

Nacon has revealed during its Q1 2026 financial report that Arc Raiders has eclipsed 16 million players worldwide since its launch in October 2025.

Developed by Embark Studios, Arc Raiders sold 4.6 million units during the three month period ended March 31, which saw lifetime sales surpassing 16 million. Furthermore, half of the game’s player base has put at least 100 hours into the extraction shooter.

Extraordinary worldwide sales have made ARC Raiders the most successful new product release in company history, and demonstrated that Nexon can deliver games at scale across global markets. Six months after the launch, and driven by a steady stream of content updates, ARC Raiders surpassed 16 million unit sales worldwide and consistently ranked among the top games on Steam’s most-played chart.

In related news, Embark Studios has confirmed that it will no longer be offering monthly updates for Arc Raiders, instead opting to release two major updates per year. The first of these will arrive in October in the form of the Frozen Trail. Despite this, the developer still plans on releasing patches for bug fixes, balancing and more on a regular basis.

When ARC Raiders launched, we planned to offer monthly updates. The intention was to keep you all engaged, to ensure the game always felt fresh, and to give you reasons to keep braving topside. But once the game was in players’ hands, we saw that the kind of long-term experience we want to create for ARC Raiders requires more transformative updates.

Over time, we’ve found that the pressure of a monthly cycle limits how impactful these updates can be. You feel it, and we feel it too. Running at that pace isn’t sustainable, or compatible with the bigger ambitions we have for this game.

Arc Raiders is available for PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S.

[Source – Arc Raiders Development Update, Nexon Financials]