ARC Raiders Passes 17 Million Copies Sold as Embark Recommits to Two Major Updates a Year

What Happened

ARC Raiders has now sold more than 17 million copies worldwide. Publisher Nexon shared the milestone in its third-quarter 2026 earnings results on November 10, just over a year after the extraction shooter launched.

For players, the headline isn't only the sales figure. On the same earnings call, Embark's leadership said the studio will keep shipping at least two major content updates for ARC Raiders every year, so the long-term plan for Speranza and the surface hasn't changed.

The milestone also shows the game is still growing. In January 2026, Nexon announced that ARC Raiders had passed 12.4 million units, so roughly another 4.6 million copies have sold since then.

The Numbers and What Embark Said

Nexon didn't break out a revenue figure for ARC Raiders by itself. It did name the game as a key driver of its North America and Europe business, where revenue rose 41% year over year to ¥13.3 billion in Q3.

Nexon's outlook for Q4 is more cautious. The company expects Q4 revenue of ¥107.7–118.9 billion, down 4% to 13% year over year. That's mainly because Q4 2025 included ARC Raiders' launch, which makes for a very high comparison.

Frozen Trail and the update cadence

On the earnings call, Patrick Söderlund, Nexon's chairman and Embark Studios' CEO, answered questions about ARC Raiders. He said the October Frozen Trail update has "performed well in line with our expectations so far."

He also said that after the update, "we received strong player feedback, and since then, in-game activity and sales have gradually normalized." An analyst on the call noted that concurrent players spiked when returning Raiders came back for Frozen Trail and then dropped again.

Söderlund recommitted to the content plan: "we maintain our policy of providing at least two major content updates per year for ARC Raiders, and we will continue executing on that."

He also pointed out how the game makes money: "Because ARC Raiders is a buy-to-play title, all active players currently playing the game are already paying users who purchased it."

What's Next

Embark hasn't named the next major update yet. With Frozen Trail landing in October and the studio sticking to at least two big drops a year, the next major update would be expected in 2027. Until then, smaller store updates and hotfixes continue to roll out.

We'll keep tracking every patch, map and item change on our ARC Raiders hub.