ARC Raiders has achieved something that other multiplayer shooters like Battlefield 6 can only dream of at the moment. The game has managed to retain most of its players on Steam even two months after release.
Where do these numbers come from? To view the number of concurrent players in a specific title on Steam, you can refer to websites like SteamDB.info. It should be noted that the statistics only include players on Steam. Other platforms like consoles or different launchers are not included.
Looking at the numbers of concurrent players in ARC Raiders on Steam, one thing stands out: The title has hardly lost players since its release on October 31, 2025.
- ARC Raiders reached its peak on Steam on November 16, 2025, with almost 482,000 concurrent players (according to SteamDB.info). On December 28, the game had around 439,000 players once again.
- The English-speaking business magazine Forbes has calculated what this means. Accordingly, ARC Raiders has managed to retain 91% of its players on Steam since release.
ARC Raiders remains strong since release
Why is this so unusual? Even successful multiplayer games typically lose a large portion of their players in the first months after release. This is quite normal and not always a cause for concern as long as the player base is large enough.
Battlefield 6 reached a peak of 747,440 concurrent players on Steam at launch (according to SteamDB.info). In the last peak, there were only around 113,600. Battlefield 6 has thus lost 85% of its Steam players over a similar time frame – ARC Raiders launched about two weeks later.
Battlefield 6 at least received a warm welcome upon its release. After the debacle of Battlefield 2042, it felt like a return to the strengths of the series.
Similarly, the Free2Play hero shooter Marvel Rivals shows a comparable trend. The current number of concurrent players has settled at around 100,000, but is far below the peak of around 644,000 reached in January 2025 (according to SteamDB.info).
Part of ARC Raiders’ success is likely due to the quick, solid updates. On November 13, 2025, the developers delivered a new map and two ARCs as well as fresh events, items, and quests. On December 16, 2025, the next big update, Cold Snap, followed.
A player of ARC Raiders even managed to force the developers not with angry comments but with rubber ducks – yes, you read that right – into a update. And it might happen again. You can learn more about it in this article: Player forced ARC Raiders with 600 rubber ducks to update, now has 4,200 ducks, leading to the next demand
