Friendly encounters and emergent player stories
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Betrayal, revenge, teamwork - all in one minute. Absolute masterpiece.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
ARC Raiders
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Very Positive · 82%Very Positive · 82%Embark Studios2025Extraction Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Shooter
The verdict
A gorgeous, tense PvPvE extraction shooter with superb sound and smart robots. Recent reviews cite cheaters, hostile PvP and bans, so skip it if you hate PvP or cheaters.
Great for
Solo or small-group players who like tense looting, robot fights and unpredictable player encounters
Main risk
Cheaters and shoot-on-sight rats can wipe your gear and ruin the fun
What changed in the last 30 days
153 recent reviews
Recent reviews mention ban waves, empty queues of 10-45 minutes, server disconnects and AREX0001 errors, plus a dying player count. Anticipated October update and PvE test are noted.
153 recent reviews
What players love
Stunning visuals and world design
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“come for the murder robots, stay for the view”
Steam review · 125.4 h played ↗
Runs well, including on Linux and Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“It runs well on old hardware unlike a lot of recent popular games.”
Steam review · 38 h played ↗
Excellent sound design
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Absolute masterpiece with best sound design out there.”
Steam review · 399.9 h played ↗
Beginner-friendly with free loadouts and solo play
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“This game is very new player friendly, solo friendly, duo and trio friendly.”
Steam review · 38 h played ↗
Smart, fun robot enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“The Arc's AI is the best enemy AI you'll see in any videogame currently available.”
Steam review · 441 h played ↗
What players complain about
Rampant cheaters and weak anti-cheat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Excellent game which was unfortunately utterly ruined by the worst cheating epidemic I’ve seen in a looonngg time”
Steam review · 103.3 h played ↗
Rats, betrayal and shoot-on-sight PvP
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Ever since last update, I have started getting killed almost 1 out of 2 games by people flashing their flashlights, spamming don't shoot”
Steam review · 106 h played ↗
Little content, no endgame, dev neglect
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“- No endgame”
Steam review · 119.6 h played ↗
Wrongful bans and poor support
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“eventually got banned without doing anything at all, was never told why I was banned”
Steam review · 30.8 h played ↗
Crashes, disconnects and long queues
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“As a starting player I got DC'd from the server, lost my weapons, lost most of my healing equipment”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Calls for a PvE-only mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“give us pve and me and all my friends would come back to this game.”
Steam review · 83.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support
Minimum
OSWindows 10 or later 64-bit (latest update)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600 processor
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 580 or Intel Arc A380
Recommended
OSWindows 10 or later 64-bit (latest update)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or Intel Arc B570
OSWindows 10 or later 64-bit (latest update)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600 processor
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 580 or Intel Arc A380
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