Quick Take
- Arc Raiders reaches 12 million players since its October 2025 launch.
- All players logging in by January 13 get the free Gilded Pickaxe Raider Tool.
- The game peaks at 960,000 concurrent users across platforms this month.
Embark Studios shared news that Arc Raiders had drawn in 12 million players around the world. Developers had lined up a reward for hitting 10 million over the holiday season. Players blew past that number faster than expected. Anyone who signed in from the game’s start up to January 13 at 11:59 p.m. CET picks up the Gilded Pickaxe Raider Tool automatically.
Nexon put out Arc Raiders on October 30, 2025, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The extraction shooter costs $40 and pits teams against each other and the environment in raids on the alien-overrun world of Speranza. Raiders hunt for resources while dodging deadly machines that track them down.
Copies sold climbed to 12.4 million soon after release. Steam data shows a high of nearly 317,000 players at once recently, with the full count across all systems reaching 960,000 this month. A million players dove into the December Expedition Project, which wiped progress for a new start on challenges.
