ARC Raiders

ARC Raiders is an extraction shooter (a genre of "go in, loot, get out alive") from the Swedish Embark Studios, a team founded by veterans of DICE (the creators of Battlefield). The game is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth in the year 2180: several decades ago the planet was taken over by hostile ARC machines, giant combat drones with a swarm controlled by queens. People went underground. You are a raider from Speranza, an underground settlement in the Italian Rust Belt, who goes up to the surface during windows of low ARC activity to gather resources and win back the world.

A raid lasts 30 minutes: solo, duo or trio, with cross-play multiplayer with PS5 / Xbox Series. There are three threats on the surface at once: ARC machines (PvE, from small scouts to queens), other raiders (PvP, real players on the same map) and the environment itself (traps, collapses, weather). The goal is to collect loot and extract through the exit points: elevators, subway stations, air shafts or locked raider hatches. If you do not make it out or you die, you lose everything you collected in that raid.

Between raids, Speranza works as a hub: you sell loot, craft weapons, upgrade perks in three branches (Survival / Mobility / Conditioning) and take quests from traders. The game is built on Unreal Engine 5 with a third-person view, so the entry barrier is lower than in first-person Tarkov-style shooters. An online connection is required for all modes, including PvE play.

This is the second game from Embark Studios after THE FINALS (December 2023, a team shooter with destructible environments, 10M+ players in two weeks). ARC Raiders sold 16M+ copies by May 2026, the largest launch in the history of Nexon. Metacritic PC 86, OpenCritic 92% recommend; Game Awards 2025 (Best Multiplayer), D.I.C.E. Awards 2026 (Online Game of the Year), BAFTA Games 2026 (Multiplayer Award).

The interface and subtitles are translated into Russian; there is no full Russian voice-over. The studio uses TTS voices (synthetic speech) for all languages, including English. This is a production choice by the studio: in March 2026 the CEO announced a partial replacement of synthetic voices with live actors, but the process is not yet complete. A Steam key is available on Lootaem; the game requires Easy Anti-Cheat on installation (when the game is removed, EAC needs a separate uninstall).

ARC Raiders is an extraction shooter (a genre of "go in, loot, get out alive") from Embark Studios, set on a post-apocalyptic Earth in the year 2180. You are a raider from the underground city of Speranza: you go up to the surface, evade giant ARC combat drones and other players, and extract your loot. Solo, duo or trio, 30-minute raids. Steam Very Positive 84%, 16M+ copies, Game Awards 2025 - Best Multiplayer.