Nexon forecasts ARC Raiders’ Q4 2026 revenue below Q4 2025, but broadly flat against Q3 2026.
ARC Raiders has passed 17 million lifetime sales. Nexon forecasts Q4 2026 revenue below the game’s 2025 launch quarter, but broadly flat against Q3 2026, citing discounts and changes in when revenue is recognized. A sales celebration, with accounting invited.
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ARC Raiders has sold more than 17 million copies, according to Insider Gaming and gamebiz’s reporting on Nexon’s financial update. That’s a substantial haul for Embark Studios’ extraction game, which launched in October 2025. Cue the confetti—just leave room for the accounting department. Source Source
Nexon, Embark’s parent company, expects the game’s Q4 2026 revenue to decline against Q4 2025, its launch quarter, while remaining broadly flat compared with Q3 2026. Source
The outlook reproduced by Insider Gaming identifies three factors: promotional discounts lowering revenue per copy, less previously deferred revenue counting toward Q4, and more revenue being deferred to future periods. Deferring revenue means recording it in a later reporting period rather than counting it immediately. The lifetime sales counter can keep climbing without quarterly revenue following it upward. Source
Nexon also lists additional unit sales, the Premium Reward Pass and the Collector Set DLC package as supports for Q4 revenue. Copies aren’t the only items on the receipt, although the quoted outlook doesn’t put a figure on each contribution. Source
In its account of Nexon’s results, gamebiz says the October 8 Frozen Trail update brought back lapsed players, attracted new players and contributed to additional sales. It doesn’t say how long the returning players stayed. Source
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@InsiderGamingIGARC Raiders Sells 17 Million Units But Sees Year-over-Year Decline, Nexon Reports https://insider-gaming.com/arc-raiders-sales-performance-drop/
@Nukov_In seven months, ARC Raiders sold 16 million copies In the next six months, it sold only an additional one million copies https://insider-gaming.com/arc-raiders-sales-performance-drop/
@MauroNL3ARC Raiders has sold more than 17 million units to date. This is up 700k units from last quarter. "The October Frozen Trail Update Returned Lapsed Players and Attracted New Sales, Affirming Embark’s Strategy for Long-Term Engagement."@InsiderGamingIGARC Raiders Sells 17 Million Units But Sees Year-over-Year Decline, Nexon Reports https://insider-gaming.com/arc-raiders-sales-performance-drop/@Nukov_In seven months, ARC Raiders sold 16 million copies In the next six months, it sold only an additional one million copies https://insider-gaming.com/arc-raiders-sales-performance-drop/@MauroNL3ARC Raiders has sold more than 17 million units to date. This is up 700k units from last quarter. "The October Frozen Trail Update Returned Lapsed Players and Attracted New Sales, Affirming Embark’s Strategy for Long-Term Engagement."@InsiderGamingIGARC Raiders Sells 17 Million Units But Sees Year-over-Year Decline, Nexon Reports https://insider-gaming.com/arc-raiders-sales-performance-drop/@Nukov_In seven months, ARC Raiders sold 16 million copies In the next six months, it sold only an additional one million copies https://insider-gaming.com/arc-raiders-sales-performance-drop/@MauroNL3ARC Raiders has sold more than 17 million units to date. This is up 700k units from last quarter. "The October Frozen Trail Update Returned Lapsed Players and Attracted New Sales, Affirming Embark’s Strategy for Long-Term Engagement."@InsiderGamingIGARC Raiders Sells 17 Million Units But Sees Year-over-Year Decline, Nexon Reports https://insider-gaming.com/arc-raiders-sales-performance-drop/@Nukov_In seven months, ARC Raiders sold 16 million copies In the next six months, it sold only an additional one million copies https://insider-gaming.com/arc-raiders-sales-performance-drop/@MauroNL3ARC Raiders has sold more than 17 million units to date. This is up 700k units from last quarter. "The October Frozen Trail Update Returned Lapsed Players and Attracted New Sales, Affirming Embark’s Strategy for Long-Term Engagement."
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