The extraction shooter genre has grown so largeโperhaps too large, depending on who you askโthat it now seems like the predominant template for live-service shooters. There are plenty of leaders in the genre space, though the most recent figurehead to emerge is ARC Raiders, a game that, despite some controversies, has managed to amass a hulking, dedicated playerbase since its October 2025 release. Like Escape from Tarkov, The Division, and The Hunt: Showdown before it, ARC Raiders is shaping up to be a touchstone against which all future extraction shooters are measured against.

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