ARC Raiders Passes 17 Million Copies a Year After Launch
The Frozen Trail update, the biggest since launch, pulled lapsed players back; Nexon also lists two new Embark games in early development.
ARC Raiders has sold more than 17 million copies, up from 16.3 million at the end of June.
ARC Raiders has sold more than 17 million copies, Nexon reported, a year after the extraction shooter launched.
Nexon's third-quarter earnings release, published November 10, 2026, puts Embark Studios' ARC Raiders above 17 million units sold, up from 16.3 million at the end of June, with October's Frozen Trail update credited for re-engaging lapsed players. [GameBeacon — ARC Raiders passes 17 million sales, Embark has 2 new games (November 10, 2026)]
The curve has been steep since the start: the game reached 12.4 million copies in January 2026, ten weeks after its October 2025 launch, and Nexon said in August that it had generated more than 88 billion yen in lifetime revenue, a figure this release does not update. Third-quarter revenue from the game landed within Nexon's outlook. For the holiday quarter, Nexon expects ARC Raiders revenue to fall year over year, because the comparison quarter was launch season, and to stay broadly flat against the third quarter. Frozen Trail, released October 8 and billed as the largest update since launch, added a new map, Pendola Pass, along with new enemies, weapons and outfits. [GameBeacon — ARC Raiders passes 17 million sales, Embark has 2 new games (November 10, 2026)] [Beebom — ARC Raiders crosses 17 million sales in just over a year (November 11, 2026)]
The same report sketches what Embark does next: Nexon's slate for 2027 and beyond now lists two new games in early development from the studio, with no names, genres or platforms given, and the October deal with Chernin Entertainment to develop film and television adaptations of both ARC Raiders and The Finals stands. Gaps in the disclosure are worth noting: Nexon did not break out third-quarter unit sales alone, gave no player counts, said nothing about whether the tested PvE mode becomes permanent, and offered no launch date for the China version, which Tencent ran a closed alpha test for in July. [GameBeacon — ARC Raiders passes 17 million sales, Embark has 2 new games (November 10, 2026)] [Beebom — ARC Raiders crosses 17 million sales in just over a year (November 11, 2026)]
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