Platforms:
- PC (Oct 30, 2025)
- PlayStation 5 (Oct 30, 2025)
- Xbox Series X/S (Oct 30, 2025)
Game Rant - 10 / 10
Prima Games - 10 / 10
DualShockers - 9.5 / 10
GameSpot - 9 / 10
GamingBolt - 9 / 10
INVEN - Korean - 9 / 10
Push Square - 9 / 10
The Nerd Stash - 9 / 10
Uagna - Italian - 9 / 10
Use a Potion - 9 / 10
XDA - 9 / 10
NoobFeed - 87 / 100
SECTOR.sk - Slovak - 8.5 / 10
Game8 - 82 / 100
TryAGame! - French - 8 / 10
Comunidad Xbox - Spanish - 79 / 100
Toisto - 3 / 5
Try Hard Guides - 6 / 10
CNET - Unscored
Arc Raiders transforms every trip to the surface into a fight for survival, combining tension, atmosphere, and worldbuilding that never lets up.
Prima Games - 10 / 10
ARC Raiders stands out as one of the most welcoming and rewarding extraction shooters ever, striking a near-perfect balance between risk and reward. Unlike most extraction shooters, ARC Raiders offers a lighter and more forgiving approach that encourages experimentation, cooperation, and exploration, prioritizing fun above all else. The game is definitely the best game I have played this year.
DualShockers - 9.5 / 10
ARC Raiders is an incredibly challenging extraction shooter that will push you to your limits and frustrate you, but you'll keep coming back for more. With breathtaking visuals, thoughtfully-designed maps, intense PvP, and intelligent, unpredictable AI, ARC Raiders has raised the bar incredibly high for extraction shooters and will likely inspire an entire wave of games that hope to recreate its magic.
GameSpot - 9 / 10
Arc Raiders is an extraction shooter unlike any other, playing out like a totally unpredictable, immersive, thrilling story generator directed by the community.
GamingBolt - 9 / 10
ARC Raiders' inherent value lies in its execution of the extraction shooter formula, and it's a roaring success. Even beyond that, however, it's a masterfully crafted shooter that must be experienced.
INVEN - Korean - 9 / 10
With its high production values and accessibility, ARC Raiders secures a strong position in the extraction shooter market. Having taken a step toward popularizing the genre, its long-term success now depends on careful post-launch planning.
Push Square - 9 / 10
ARC Raiders has well and truly been worth the wait. This is a phenomenal showcase of what immersive multiplayer can be. Every run is different, and your squad will come out with stories to tell each time. It can be tougher on those planning to play solo, and the extraction loop won't be for everyone. But as far as extraction shooters go, this is one of the most accessible, and it respects your time, giving you a fun experience from your first match. We can easily say that ARC Raiders is one of the best multiplayer games this generation.
The Nerd Stash - 9 / 10
Arc Raiders is the extraction shooter we all needed. It is approachable, challenging, and puts player choices front and center. This is one of the most successful live-service games of all time.
Uagna - Italian - 9 / 10
Arc Raiders has definitely won us over: its settings are evocative, its sound design is excellent, and we haven't encountered any technical issues. But above all, we're talking about an extremely fun game that makes us want to try one new extraction after another. The threats do not lie solely in the ARCs, the robotic enemies that rule the post-apocalyptic world built by Embark, but also and above all in our fellow human raiders, ready to steal our resources. Prepare yourself for some tense moments!
Use a Potion - 9 / 10
Arc Raiders blends heart-pounding tension, a gorgeous world, and pure cinematic spectacle into something truly memorable across its thrilling PvPvE action. It captures the danger and excitement of the extraction genre perfectly, offering a world that feels alive in every storm, every skirmish, and every fleeting alliance formed under pressure. It’s a not just a ton fun to play but also endlessly rewarding, with every victory or safe extraction bringing with it a deep satisfaction that helps push your progression through the game. And when you do die? It’s normally because of something exciting, so you never mind too much (except when it’s because you’re rolling solo and have simply been outnumbered by rival players).
It does have a few little flaws, but these are small blemishes on an otherwise remarkable experience. Arc Raiders is consistently exhilarating, setting a new benchmark for cooperative shooters that’ll be hard for rival releases to match. With plenty of new content on the horizon, I can see myself playing Arc Raiders for a very, very long time…
XDA - 9 / 10
It's alright if you still can't warm up to the idea of extraction shooters, but if you were to ever consider the genre, Arc Raiders is inarguably the place to start. It's an incredibly deep, well-polished, and accessible extraction shooter that helps you along your way, while still remaining immensely fun every minute you're playing it.
NoobFeed - 87 / 100
ARC Raiders is shaping up to be one of the most exciting extraction games in years. It's a mix of smart AI and dynamic PvPvE, combined with beautiful visuals, polished gunplay, and meaningful progression systems
SECTOR.sk - Slovak - 8.5 / 10
The extraction game offers a striking vision of what the Earth could become if we continue to wage wars and allow machines to dominate. However, if you want to survive, you must be inconspicuous. It's a shame that some things are not explained well enough and that the quests are so trivial.
Game8 - 82 / 100
ARC Raiders blends cinematic flair with extraction-shooter grit, delivering stylish action and just enough fresh ideas to stand out in a crowded genre. Its fast-paced mechanics, striking presentation, and surprisingly solid story keep it engaging—though console players may feel a stumble or two. Still, it’s definitely a raid worth dropping into.
TryAGame! - French - 8 / 10
Beautiful, accessible, and offering an alternative goal to simply finishing first, ARC Raiders is sure to appeal to a somewhat niche audience. The solo experience can be frustrating, so team up and communicate to prevent the game from becoming repetitive. To achieve this, the game will need to diversify its maps in the near future.
Comunidad Xbox - Spanish - 79 / 100
Arc Raiders is an ambitious offering within the looter shooter genre. Its solid gameplay, carefully crafted setting, and risk-reward system make for an intense and challenging experience.
Toisto - 3 / 5
It's hard to recommend ARC Raiders to anyone but the fiercely devoted. If it had dared to think outside of the limitations of the extraction shooter genre, it could have come upon something really special.
Try Hard Guides - 6 / 10
ARC Raiders seems to be a good contender for the extraction shooter genre, offering solid, if familiar genre gameplay and a unique aesthetic. However, overpriced monetization plagues this already pay-to-play title, and as something of a tourist to the extraction shooter genre, I can’t personally say that ARC Raiders does anything too different or exciting, proving to be an inoffensive experience, albeit one that failed to win me over.
CNET - Unscored
ARC Raiders nails the fundamentals of extraction shooters with its tight gunplay, exciting loot and map designs rife with ambush locations. Its special blend of player-versus-player-versus-freakishly-intelligent-robot gameplay will enrapture extraction-shooter fans and newcomers alike.
