- Arc Raiders has lost over 80% of its peak player count on Steam within five months.
- The game is still pulling in commendable numbers, but the player base is declining daily.
- A majority of players have left the live-service experience due to rampant cheaters.
Arc Raiders has seen a series of ups and downs lately, with its studio backtracking on AI use by replacing AI-generated lines with voices of real actors. Its success is also funding the team’s two new projects. However, the game’s future now appears to be quite gloomy.
Arc Raiders has now lost over 80% of its all-time high player count on Steam within just five months after launch. While player decline is expected for live-service games, the sheer scale and sharpness of this decline are what’s ringing alarm bells in the community.
Why it matters: Despite still boasting incredible numbers, Arc Raiders is seeing a huge decline in active players. The drop is a cause for concern for its future if the developers are unable to bring a resurgence.
Steam tracker SteamDB shows that Arc Raiders had an all-time high peak of 481k during mid-November, but that massive figure has been reduced to only 92k in the last 24 hours. While these are still great numbers, the daily player decline is the more concerning part here.
It’s worth noting that the game was pulling in nearly 300k players daily just two months ago and was dubbed one of the most stable live service releases. Now, over 200k players who used to frequent Arc Raiders have jumped ship to other titles in just 8 weeks.
The chart comparing the last three months also seems to show a clear downward decline. Therefore, the future of Arc Raiders does not seem as bright as the community initially thought, even with the promises of more content updates.
Arc Raiders has been riddled with cheaters for a long time, who completely ruin gameplay. It has caused a massive exodus of players. Many users are also unhappy with the current state of the title, as evident by the now lowered ‘mostly positive’ rating on Steam.
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Shameer Sarfaraz has previously worked for eXputer as a Senior News Writer for several years. Now with Tech4Gamers, he loves to devoutly keep up with the latest gaming and entertainment industries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and years of experience reporting on games. Besides his passion for breaking news stories, Shahmeer loves spending his leisure time farming away in Stardew Valley. VGC, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, TheGamer, GamingBolt, The Verge, NME, Metro, Dot Esports, GameByte, Kotaku Australia, PC Gamer, and more have cited his articles.
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