ARC Raiders sweeps in its debut: 12 million copies sold in just two months

An independent report places the extraction shooter among the biggest recent commercial successes.

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The end of 2025 saw several powerful releases in the shooter genre, but few have had an impact as immediate as ARC Raiders. The extraction title developed by Embark Studios has achieved figures that place it directly among the biggest commercial phenomena of the year.

According to a new report published by Alinea Analytics, the game would have reached 12 million copies sold in just two months, a particularly striking figure considering it’s a new proposal in a very competitive market with a clearly multiplayer focus.

ARC Raiders confirms its commercial success on Xbox, PC, and PlayStation

The report details that , while Xbox and PlayStation share the rest in a very balanced way. This reinforces the idea that the game has managed to connect with different audiences on all platforms from the very beginning.

• In economic terms, total revenue would exceed $350 million, a figure even more relevant if we consider that the game’s development did not have a budget typical of traditional AAA games. For ARC Raiders, this performance means amortizing the project with ease and guaranteeing long-term support.
• Another highlight of the report is player retention, situated around 86%, indicating that the community not only tried the game but has remained active over the weeks. A determining factor for the game’s continuity and for the future content that Embark Studios has planned to deploy throughout 2026.

With these numbers on the table, ARC Raiders consolidates itself as one of the most solid releases in the genre in recent times and as one of the major multiplayer bets currently on Xbox.