ARC Raiders reaches 6 billion rounds played in first year

Embark Studios released an infographic marking the first anniversary of ARC Raiders, sharing several play statistics from the past year. Players have completed 6 billion rounds since the game launched on October 30, 2025. This equates to roughly 16 million raids per day.

ARC Raiders · official art via IGDB

The studio provided various PvE statistics, including the destruction of over 14.8 billion ARC, 3,920,595 Queens, and more than 2,919,521 Matriarchs. Players have also fed more than 6,800 tons of food to Scrappy, with apricots being the most common food item. Regarding player interaction, Embark Studios noted that 5,643 Raiders were healed by a single player, while 3,625 Raiders were killed by volcanic rocks.

Nexon reported that the game had sold more than 16 million copies as of the end of May. On Steam, the game has an 81% positive review rating based on 433,000 reviews. While the record peak reached 465,097 concurrent players, reports say there are approximately 69,000 players on Steam currently. The Frozen Trail update, which launched on October 8, reached almost 186,000 concurrent players.

Last month, Embark Studios tested a PvE-only matchmaking toggle. More than 30 million PvE-focused raids were played during the one-week test. The studio has not confirmed if this mode will become a permanent feature, but it plans to reveal more details later this month.