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ARC Raiders
Developer Embark Studios
ARC Raiders is a 2025 multiplayer third-person extraction shooter developed and published by Embark Studios for the platforms PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S, built on the game engine Unreal Engine 5. It can be played solo, or in teams of two or three. The game has received generally favorable reviews from critics, and it was awarded Best Multiplayer Game at The Game Awards 2025 and Online Game of the… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
360 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
59
Mixed
148 positive · 101 negative
95% range 53–65%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 148 | 101 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
111 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
341,917 of 418,428 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Mixed: praised for atmosphere and PvE, but criticised for PvP and cheaters.
Many players praise the game's visuals, smooth performance, and cooperative PvE moments, with one calling it 'the biggest and best multiplayer experience of the year' (R4). Others highlight friendly solo encounters and emergent teamwork, such as a player who 'roleplay being a fruit vendor' and found 'wholesome interactions' (R7). [4][7]
However, many criticise the PvP experience as toxic and overrun with cheaters, with one stating 'the game is completely full of cheaters' (R36) and another alleging 'nearly every PvP lobby have Steam accounts that... have a game ban' (R30). Some also note that the community's kill-on-sight mentality undermines the PvE focus, as one player laments 'the PVE side has been almost completely erased' (R26). [36][30][26]
Praised atmosphere and visuals · cooperative PvE moments · smooth performance
Criticised PvP toxicity · cheating and exploits · community kill-on-sight mentality
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 7, 2026. Method
Reactions
60 of 360 · most liked firstGiving cheaters 3 chances is a joke. They knowingly bypass the anti-cheat and ruin the game for everyone. Cheating isn’t a mistake, it’s abuse. This negative review stays until this gets reverted.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Went into a raid solo, called the extraction lift. Some dude runs up - I shout “Don’t shoot, let’s extract together!” He shoots me instantly, of course... Then another random guy shows up - I scream “Kill that bastard!” He actually does it! 😂 Loots the traitor, helps me extract, and we both ride the lift like brothers in arms. Betrayal, revenge, teamwork - all in one minute. Absolute masterpiece.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice. They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
unlabelledView post →"Wanted to feel like a raider? Sorry, bro — that moment is gone. Now you are just meat for f***ing content." For the first two–three weeks, ARC Raiders was that rare case: a game about raids, atmosphere and survival. Now most matches feel like an arena for aggressive streamer content (and other content creators), where a normal player is just expendable. · WHY I LIKED THIS GAME SO MUCH Visually and atmospherically, ARC Raiders is honestly a piece of art. Concrete brutalism that feels like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ve played over 400 hours and earned all 50 achievements, and I can honestly say that I love and hate this game at the same time. The core gameplay is excellent. The gunplay feels good, the movement is smooth, and fighting the ARC is genuinely fun and challenging. The PvE side of the game is where ARC Raiders really shines. Where the game struggles is PvP, and the issue isn’t the mechanics themselves. The problem is that the community has split into two completely different types of players:…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really wanted to leave a positive review for this game. I had some extremely fun times, but i cant bring myself to play it anymore. of course in an extraction game there will always be campers at the exit. As a crazy DayZ fan, i understand that being betrayed by people who claim to be cool will happen. i dont mind PVP. it adds a realness to the game that helps me get lost in it. just like in real life, there are people who want to take what youve worked hard to get and you must defend yourself.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing solo's for some reason the community is really nice and not always pvp. Playing Duo/Trios bro its on sight at any given moment everyone wants blood.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoy the PvPvE aspect of the game but after awhile of getting killed in almost every match it gets really frustrating. People will say they are friendly and then as soon as you turn your back, they kill you. It gets old after awhile because you can't even jump in to get a mission completed. When it comes to the big bosses, players will often wait for you to kill the boss and then just blast you away. I get it, it's part of the game but when it happens over and over and over again,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s crazy how a game in 2025 can launch without being riddled with bugs, run smoothly, look amazing, and actually bring fresh ideas to evolve its genre. Arc Raiders nails it. This is easily the biggest and best multiplayer experience of the year. One day Arc Raiders will fade away like every other game eventually will. That’s just how it goes. But for now, those who pass on it are missing something special.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fantastic at its core, but I cannot recommend it in its current state. This game was marketed as both a PVP and PVE experience, yet the reality is that the PVE side has been almost completely erased by the way the community and loadout system function. The overwhelming majority of players have adopted the kill-on-sight or worse, the befriend and betray mentality, which wouldn't necessarily be a problem if the risk and reward were balanced. Right now, there is little to no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First game, fresh drop, gear barely functional, and, i full of confidence. I'm scanning for loot when I hear this THUD. I peek over the ridge, and there it is, a 4 legged chrome beast. I thought, "Cool, I'll just sneak around it." Big mistake. The second my flashlight flickered, it turned like it heard my GPU fan spin up. The ground starts shaking, and suddenly this thing is charging me like it's late for a firmware update. I hit it with grenades, bullets, nothing stops it. It vaults over…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TO PLAY ON STEAM DECK: Make sure you select proton experimental. You must tap "NO" to the AMD driver download on the actual touchscreen after launching the game. Have fun out there!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like to run around and pick all the fruit and then roleplay being a fruit vendor. Sometimes, people are so happy to be given 10 prickly pears, but other times, people run away from me or try to kill me because they think I am up to something. It's a gamble, but it is so fun, and I've had such wholesome interactions over peaches and lemons. 10/10 would gift fruit again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Arc Raiders is a great game...but here's a caveat... At launch, AR was fantastic, both in solo mode and with friends. In solos, you would mainly come across friendly players who would help you out with quests, fight Arc for you, rez you when downed or at least help you to an extraction zone if they weren't carrying a defib. Squads was also full of topside fun as you occasionally ran into an aggressive team and have a gentlemen's agreement that the best team won - 'gg gl next' <3 Fast forward…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A player and I were trying to fight each other but we both were getting our booty kicked so hard by AI we decided to team up and extract together instead. Humanity needed a greater enemy than itself and that is Arc.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Congratulations to Hollow Knight: Silksong for winning Game of the Year in the 2025 Steam Awards! store.steampowered.com/steamawards/... Visit the page to see the full list of winners, including Arc Raiders, Hades 2, PEAK, Dispatch, Clair Obscur, and more.
unlabelledView post →If you play ARC Raiders solo, it's basically a relaxing hiking simulator with deadly robots. You loot, you explore, you mostly find nice people. Queue as a duo and suddenly every bush starts looking suspicious. Still manageable, but many people arent that friendly anymore. Queue as a trio… congratulations, you’ve entered World War III. Gunfire everywhere, squads spawning like ants and every extraction turns into a last-stand movie scene.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you've played The Finals, then you know the quality to expect from this game. My first game ended with me tagging along with a random dude who simply said "Don't shoot. Let's leave together." And it was beautiful.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lore: The clankers have taken over Logical conclussion: We should work together to fight against them Your average player: We should kill each other instead Good game, but I still hope one day someone will make a good extraction shooter that lets you just do the pve.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heads up for folx playing Arc Raiders: Embark has openly stated (in an interview with GamesRadar+), that the game uses the same AI voice tech as The Finals, and the CEO has talked about using AI to generate 3D models from YouTube rips. If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
unlabelledView post →I'll be the fun police. Don't play Arc Raiders. Do better. Play a game with real voice acting.
unlabelledView post →ARC Raiders, much like The Finals before it, is a game fighting against itself. Embark has proven that they know how to make engaging worlds with satisfying gameplay, and they have that in spades. Where they seem to struggle is designing systems that don't actively push you away from engaging with the mechanics they've created. They did this in The Finals, creating a ton of interesting gameplay choices with its items, weapons, and classes, only to pair them with such aggressive matchmaking…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As of writing this review, I'm still playing this game to complete my first expedition and see how it goes. Uncertain if after doing the expedition I'll decide to continue or not. However, I don't recommend new people buy this game for the time being for the following reasons: 1. In hostile lobbies, there's ~80% chance your lobby will have cheaters in it. 2. If you're a social player and want to play in duos/trios with your friends, you'll be forced into lobbies where people largely shoot on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recently Embark decided to ban a player from this $40 paid experience because a female streamer got annoyed he killed her in game. The community manager fully supported this with the only actual evidence of a wrongdoing happening, being that a woman told him it did. He should be fired, Embark should be ashamed and as an fyi this female streamer has now gone on to dox this man, illegally copyright his content and has called the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ police on him. Great job guys, you enabled this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chill game but also tense but also scary but also chill again :) ALSO Embark continue to show that they can support Linux players with proton and still keep cheaters out unlike other studios. Great studio. great game. what else can i say
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →me shoot robot. no shoot human. but shoot robot. No like robot. like human. game good. game great. robot bad.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nearly every PvP lobby have Steam accounts that: 1) haven't set up their community profile (new accounts) 2) have a game ban 3) have less than 5 games Don't believe it? Get into PvP lobbies and check interactions after match. At least in other games people will hide it, but on here they aren't even putting effort into their profiles to make it less sus. People are not getting banned for wallhacks/ radar. They are able to see loadouts, names, location, etc. with no action taken…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm old and play solo. I like the game but want a PvE option. Here's why: The game is great, but I do NOT enjoy killing other players in arc raiders. I just don't. I don't find any pleasure in jumping people while they are injured or fighting arc, or distracted looting a crate. I don't think it's fun to camp at spawn/extraction to kill unsuspecting players and ruin their run. I don't like shooting players in the back, or betraying someone who helped me. If you shoot first, you win. No…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't like multiplayer games so much. I'm more of a single player guy, but I took the plunge on this game because of all the positive press it has been getting. And they weren't wrong. This is a very fun MP game. What I like about it coming from a single player mindset is that you can actually play this single player and have still have fun in a multiplayer world. More so, in fact. As a single raider, I had to sneak around firefights and patrols. It was pretty intense and felt like I was in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is nothing to be afraid of. This game is very new player friendly, solo friendly, duo and trio friendly. It runs well on old hardware unlike a lot of recent popular games. You can use a free load-out of gear for any game if you want to just casually loot and explore. You will keep your free load-out gear if you safely extract from a game. Making it a simple way to replenish guns and equipment. The environment and soundscape is crafted well with hidden things to find. If you have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi, I'm a tired dad gamer in his late thirties. I really wanted to like Arc Raiders, and for a while I did. I find the setting and base playstyle super compelling. Here's the catch. I work a job, I take care of my kids, and I find myself with only an hour or so a night to game. I found myself taking 2-3 days to farm the resources needed to achieve a respectable trial score, making my run in my typical friendly oriented lobby, and then making a heart-pounding adrenaline-fueled extraction…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Astarion actor Neil Newbon says 'fuck AI in performance' and thinks games like ‘Arc Raiders’ that use AI voices should re-record those lines with real actors once the game becomes successful 🎮 (via PCGamesN)
unlabelledView post →ARC Raiders has an incredible amount of potential, but right now the game is being seriously damaged by cheating, exploits, and the overall PvP experience. The game feels completely infested with wallhackers, cheaters, exploiters, dupers, and players who abuse every possible advantage they can find. It is becoming harder and harder for legitimate players to enjoy the game when they constantly have to wonder whether the person who killed them was actually better or simply using cheats. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has promise, but the players don't. Look, this game can be REALLY fun - taking down massive machines is an absolute thrill. Hiding, sneaking about, scavenging, surviving against malevolent overlords - it's all the hallmarks of an enjoyable game... ...until you're shot in the back of the head by a rat. Look, I get it, this game has PvE and PvP elements. I've never been opposed to testing your mettle against another player, but this isn't what's happening here. This isn't glorious…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was sceptical about buying the game due to the PVP rats spoiling the gameplay, however the match making seems to work very well and you are matched based on your play style so if you play like a swetty COD or BF6 player you are matched up with other swetty basement rats, and you can spoil the game for each other. The more PVE players like myself have a pleasent experience playing the game as we are matched with same play style players. Highly recommend the game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its fun at times but i am so tired of PvP this game is a place for some really unfun people to thrive in being as horrible as they can
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the only game I play these days. I have over 450 hours in it, and honestly, I think it's one of the best games I've ever played. I've only played three or four games in my life, but so far, this one stands out. I don’t really know why I’m writing this review—probably no one will read it—but I guess it’s like a little diary note for myself.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, possibly my game of the year. Works great on Linux (I'm running Fedora 43), which is really awesome! Hopefully devs continue to support Linux players.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My first game experience I got spawned and I went to loot and then I wanted to go to Speranza just like a normal man. Near the elevator I met a guy and he said "I'm friendly let's go together". I said "Ok brother, BUT RAN AWAY BECAUSE HE IS COMING FOR ME". Somehow we proceed to call the elevator and in the last few seconds before going to Speranza something EXPLODED behind us. I get downed and I though everything was over but the unkown hero came to me and said "It's ok man I gotchu" I don't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There, are Rubber Ducks in this game. You can display them in your room. The more you collect, the more you can display.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A live-service game with "10 years support plans" that sold 20 million copies goes into maintenance mode after just a few months of life? Is this a joke? Embark makes great games. They have really good tech specialists (and as a programmer, I really appreciate their efforts in open source with Rust/gamedev repositories), but they just CANNOT properly support their live-service games. Both The Finals and ARC Raiders are actually great games in their core, but suffer from the same problems after…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Visually stunning, fun, and immersive - an amazing game overall. About 7 out of 10 of my solo runs end up with me teaming up with random players for quests, puzzles, or fighting harder Arcs. Trio mode is more about PvP but still has plenty of friendly encounters. The game isn’t as punishing as other extraction shooters. You can jump in with a free loadout anytime to do quests or farm materials. You can extract while downed. You can be sneaky and just avoid pvp or dip out. (I recommend to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is completely full of cheaters, new steam accounts barely created. full wall hack and aimbot. already deleted the game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, I've loved playing this game ever since I bought it. The general setting, the environment and the visuals are simply stunning and give a vibe no other game really gives off. Immersion wise, 10/10. I have played this game with a PvE approach since the very beginning, and have enjoyed the games where I get friendly players and run around demolishing ARC all over the map and sharing resources. Knowing the supposed agression-based matchmaking, I've avoided shooting other players and have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excellent game which was unfortunately utterly ruined by the worst cheating epidemic I’ve seen in a looonngg time
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cheating and exploiting are completely out of control. We're done. Enough is enough. I get that some people don't understand because they don't want to see it, or because all they know are PvE lobbies. But if you're playing in balanced or PvP lobbies, anything other than pure PvE lobbies, the game is absolutely unplayable. Really. On top of that, Embark stopped reimbursing lost items a long time ago. We used to get a lot of gear back, almost every day, since we do a lot of PvP and encounter…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing solo. most other solo's ive encountered don't really seem to be interested in PVP, but as of now 15/17 raids I've won my fights. So it isn't that it doesnt happen its just less likely. The game is good, avoiding PVP isnt difficult so those who want to task, go task. Game is fun. I hope a PVE mode will be added, despite what the doofuses say. Power to the gamer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great PvPvE sandbox extraction shooter. The only complaint is that there isn't a way to track who the wolf in sheep's clothing are. Seems that lore-wise, raiders in a small highly inter-dependent community would know who the rats are. Otherwise, 5 star game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, almost 700 hours after, this is the day I uninstall ARCRaiders... It was incredible in the begining when all of us were amazed by the beautiful scenarios and many were trying to coop against ARC (as game lore makes us think we should). In my opinion it was totally predictable that the game would turn more and more PvP simply because it's an option that the game gives you and it is easier for many guys to kill players in 3rd person than to take the effort of looking for items for hours and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of my favorite games I've ever played. I've always been more of an RPG fan. I grew up with Fable but also games like Halo and gears of war. It just scratches an itch that comes from rpg games and multiplayer ones. It is rewarding and only a little harsh. Killing arc is a blast. Looting is a pleasure. finding random people and helping them is rewarding and hunting down player killers feels almost heroic. This game is a love letter to gamers. This game is great for casuals and try…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ARC Raiders is, hands down, the best thing that’s happened to multiplayer shooters in years. As someone with over 2K hours in Tarkov, playing ARC has been a real breath of fresh air. The game is accessible for casual players but still keeps the challenges and that endless gameplay loop that can keep you hooked for hours if you’re a tryhard. Ever since I tried the TT2, I’ve been waiting for this game with a level of excitement I hadn’t felt in years, and the final version has not only met…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved this game for a while but its so infested with rats and cheaters now that its only playable in solo runs half the time. Developers don't listen to the fan base begging for PVE only modes and keep catering to the competitive and streamer gamers instead of the casual gamers that are the majority of their player base. These rats don't even loot or hunt Arc they just hunt other players and cheese the system to get into more friendly lobbies to exploit for easy loot. Almost no one goes…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I came for the loot and left with PTSD. If you enjoy trust issues, betrayal, and emotional damage, this game is your therapy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game literally saved my life, post break up and one of my parents dying, I had no good distractions to let my mind and emotions rest. I found dad lobbies in this game and it got me through a very hard time. God bless these dad lobbies and this game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazon drones have taken over. Solo experience isn't a game, it's an adventure.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I reviewed ARC Raiders. A good tool for players to make their own fun, but only when fun is what they choose to make. Otherwise, it's a very mediocre and tedious shooter that compounds its lack of originality with AI bullshit. Read here: www.thejimquisition.com/post/arc-rai...
unlabelledView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You’ll forget what reality looks like ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Okay ☐ Bad ☐ Don’t stare at it too long ☐ MS-DOS vibes ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Masterpiece ☑ Good ☐ Just gameplay ☐ Meh... ☐ Better watch the campfire burn ☐ Just don’t ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Nothing could be more perfect ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not bad ☐ Bad ☐ Now I’m deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teenagers ☑ Adults ☐ Your grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ If Paint runs, this will too ☐ Potato ☑ Average ☑ Demanding ↓…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't trust anyone in ARC Raiders, i thought i had a friendly raiders finally but nope, they shot me in the head when I was extracting, that's really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥, and now i'm developing trust issues ..
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is basically the life cycle of rats in this game. They go into PvP, lose to better players, and when they run out of gear, they reset their reputation by letting themselves get killed 7–8 times without even fighting back. Then they take their last Level 4 Bobcat or whatever high-tier weapon they have left into the Friendly Lobby and start hunting everyone there. Their goal isn't to defend themselves. They actively hunt down PvE players, kill as many people as possible, and extract with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →👍 What I like: The core gameplay is genuinely fantastic. The PvPvE concept works. The gunplay feels good, the atmosphere is great, progression is satisfying and the risk versus reward gameplay loop is addictive. When everything works, this game creates some of the most intense and memorable moments I've had in extraction shooters. I enjoy building up my stash, upgrading weapons, planning routes, fighting over objectives and extracting with valuable loot. Losing gear doesn't bother me. In…
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