ARC Raiders takes place in a distant future on Earth (A post-apocalyptic Italy) where mysterious and deadly "ARC" robots have taken over the surface, forcing humanity to live underground. Some residents of the underground city Speranza, known as "raiders", choose to go above ground, also known as "the topside" to collect resources to sell, trade and help the community of Speranza thrive.
Gameplay
ARC Raiders is an extraction shooter played from third-person.[3] Players leave the underground base and search for items on the planet's surface for 30 minutes. During the raid they will encounter hostile NPC robots along with other human players. When a player is killed, they will lose any equipment and materials they have collected, except loot stored in a safe pocket, and return to base. Players can escape via evacuation/extraction elevators and metro stations or alternatively use raider hatches (Safer extraction points that require keys to be opened) to return to base when they are done collecting loot.[4]
After returning to the underground base, players can sell items, upgrade their character perks and skills, buy items, or craft weapons and items such as gadgets and armor to prepare for the next raid.[5]
When entering a match alone, the matchmaking system generally adjusts to place you against other solo players, making fair and balanced possible player-versus-player (PvP) encounters common, yet not guaranteed.
Development and release
ARC Raiders is developed by The Finals developer Embark Studios. The game was officially announced at The Game Awards 2021 as a free-to-play "cooperative third-person shooter".[6] It was revealed in 2023 that the genre of the game had been changed to a PvPvE extraction shooter.[7] Later in 2023 Embark launched a first playtest in the form of a closed Alpha with strict NDA.
The game resurfaced in 2024, with Embark launching a new public playtest known as "ARC Raiders Tech Test" on October 24 and "ARC Raiders Tech Test 2" on April 30, with Embark Studios announcing that the game was dropping its free-to-play model and would be available for purchase at $40 on release. Embark Studios conducted a "Server Slam" from October 17 to October 20, allowing players to test a portion of the game for free before the final release.
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