Quick answer: ARC Raiders has sold more than 17 million units, Nexon said in its third quarter 2026 earnings release on November 10, 2026. That is up from the more than 16.3 million units Nexon reported at the end of June. Current as of Nexon’s Q3 2026 report.
ARC Raiders just turned one, and Nexon has a new number for it. The publisher’s third quarter 2026 earnings release, out November 10, says Embark Studios’ extraction shooter “has sold over 17 million units to date.”
The same report also gives a rare look at what Embark is doing next, and how Nexon expects ARC Raiders to earn money over the holidays.
The key numbers
- Units sold: more than 17 million to date, per Nexon’s Q3 2026 release.
- Last report: more than 16.3 million at the end of June 2026, after 800,000 units sold in Q2.
- Revenue so far: Nexon said in August the game had generated more than 88 billion yen since its October 2025 launch. It did not give an updated lifetime total this time.
- Q3 revenue: “within the outlook,” meaning in line with what Nexon expected.
Frozen Trail brought players back
Nexon credits the October 8 Frozen Trail update, which it calls the largest update since launch, with “re-engaging lapsed players and driving incremental unit sales.” In other words, people were still buying the game a full year after release.
That lines up with what we saw on Steam in October, when ARC Raiders hit a seven month high after the update went live.
Embark has two new games in development
In its list of games planned for 2027 and beyond, Nexon now lists “two new games in the early stage of development” from Embark Studios. Nexon did not share names, genres or platforms, and it is not clear whether either one is connected to ARC Raiders or The Finals.
The report also repeats that Nexon and Chernin Entertainment are developing film and TV adaptations of both ARC Raiders and The Finals, a deal announced in October.
What it means for the holiday quarter
Nexon expects ARC Raiders revenue in Q4 to fall year over year, since the same quarter last year was launch season, and to be “broadly flat” compared with Q3. Its reasons are specific:
- Lower revenue per copy because of promotional discounts. In plain terms, expect more discounts on the game.
- Less revenue recognized from earlier deferrals, and more deferred to future periods.
- New income from the Premium Reward Pass and the Collector Set DLC package, plus more unit sales.
For players, that reads as a game Nexon plans to keep supporting with paid cosmetics and passes rather than a sequel any time soon.
Nexon is cutting projects elsewhere
Under a “transformation initiative,” Nexon says six projects were discontinued in recent months, with budgets and teams moved to games with “greater commercial potential.” It did not name the cancelled projects or say whether any were at Embark. Nexon also says AI use is growing across development, localization and code review, while stating that its “games are made by people, and that is not changing.”
What is still unknown
Nexon did not break out how many copies sold in Q3 alone, give player counts, or say whether the PvE mode Embark has tested will become permanent. There is also no launch date for the China version, which Tencent ran a closed alpha test for in July.
Source: Nexon Q3 2026 earnings release (November 10, 2026) and Nexon Q2 2026 earnings release (August 13, 2026).
