Embark Studios has continued to see success with its PvPvE extraction shooter ARC Raiders even a couple of months after its release. According to SteamDB, the title ended up being the top seller for the final week of 2025, with data being measured from December 23 to December 30.
Along with ARC Raiders, games like Battlefield 6, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dispatch and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 were also among the 2025 releases in the charts. Some older games could also be seen in the top ten list, with 2023’s Baldur’s Gate 3, 2020’s Cyberpunk 2077, and 2013’s Grand Theft Auto 5 also being represented, albeit with its Enhanced Edition release.
Valve has also seen continued success with the Steam Deck, with the SteamDB sales charts listing the handheld gaming PC as being the second-best selling thing available through Steam, just under ARC Raiders. No sales numbers have been revealed, and SteamDB has also made it clear that its charts exclude free-to-play games. Check out the full list below.
Embark Studios itself hasn’t revealed recent sales data for ARC Raiders, rumours from back in November indicated that it was close to hitting 7 million sales just a month after its release.
ARC Raiders art director Robert Sammelin had recently spoken about Embark Studios’ plans to support the extraction shooter for “the longest time”. In an interview from last month, he noted that the studio has a 10-year plan, and that as long as players continue to engage with the title, the studio will keep on supporting it.
“Our ambition is to keep this game alive for the longest time. It is a live game,” said Sammelin. “It’s something that we want to keep alive for the longest time possible, as long as players engage with it and have fun and see that it is evolving in a good way.”
The art director also spoke about how the community of ARC Raiders plays a vital role in the game’s evolution, since a major reason for the extraction shooter’s success comes down to its community and how the players interact with each other.
“I think games like this will evolve depending on community behaviours, feedback, and how we pick out the things we see people engage really well with. But also throw things into the mix that sort of afford new challenges and opportunities within the game,” Sammelin explained.
“I think there’s a wide range of routes that we can take with this, and time will tell how we sort of dig into it. But we for sure have a pretty long-standing plan of where we want to take it.”
As part of the studio’s plans to support ARC Raiders, the Cold Snap update was released last month, bringing with it a new winter-themed weather condition dubbed Cold Snap, which also affects gameplay by prompting players to seek shelter. Along with this, the weather effect also affects visibility as well as movement, making some surfaces much more challenging to traverse.
ARC Raiders is available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. For more details, check out our review. Also check out our guide on all ARC machines and how you can beat them in battle.
Top ten best-sellers on Steam from December 23 to December 30:
- ARC Raiders
- Steam Deck
- Battlefield 6
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- EA Sports FC 26
- Dispatch
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
- Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced
