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Arc Raiders Reportedly Hits A Major Sales Milestone, As Player Numbers Stay Strong

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Arc Raiders has been out for a week now, but how is the game performing commercially? Quite well, it appears. According to Alinea Analytics, the PvPvE game from Embark Studios has sold 2.5 million copies already, bringing in gross revenue of $100 million+ in its first seven days.

The $40 game is having the most success sales-wise on Steam, where the research firm estimated it’s sold about 1.7 million copies, or 69.2% of total sales. PlayStation followed with 400,000 units and Xbox brought up the rear with 300,000 copies sold thus far.

As an extraction shooter, Arc Raiders does not have mass-market appeal, Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics said. “Extraction shooters have always attracted a core group of players who thrive on tension, consequence, and emergent storytelling. But the steep learning curve has limited wider appeal,” he said.

Arc Raiders was originally going to be a free-to-play game before Embark announced it would take a paid approach instead. Elliott said free-to-play isn’t the right fit for every game, and Embark may have learned some lessons from its previous game, The Finals, which is free. That game had a strong launch but tapered off over time.

Arc Raiders being a paid game may also may encourage people to stick with it, Elliott said. The game could be “stickier psychologically” because people may feel that if they paid money for something, they should keep playing. Free-to-play games, meanwhile, have a low barrier to entry and a low barrier to exit, the expert said.

Arc Raiders is the No. 1 best-selling game on Steam right now, and, with more than 300,000 concurrent players today, November 6, it’s inside the top five for most-played games on Steam.

GameSpot’s Arc Raiders review scored the game a 9/10. Reviewer Mark Delaney said, “Arc Raiders is an extraction shooter unlike any other, a totally unpredictable, immersive, thrilling story generator directed by the community.”