ARC Raiders playtest peaks at nearly 200K concurrent players on Steam
ARC Raiders three-day Server Slam Open Test, which took place during the weekend of Oct. 17–19, 2025, peaked at 189,668 concurrent players on Steam, according to SteamDB.
Besides Windows PC via Steam, slated for release on Oct. 30, 2025, the title is also coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows PC via the Epic Games Store.
Playable in teams of three, two, or solo, the third-person PvPvE extraction shooter ARC Raiders takes place in a distant future on Earth, where mysterious and deadly “ARC” robots have taken over the surface. Some residents of humanity, forced to live underground and known as “raiders,” choose to go above ground, also known as “the topside,” to collect resources to sell.
Developed and published by Embark Studios, the game is available for pre-purchase, priced at $39.99 for the standard edition and $59.99 for the deluxe edition.