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Great game, possibly my game of the year. Works great on Linux (I'm running Fedora 43), which is really awesome! Hopefully devs continue to support Linux players.

This is how villains are made

you'd love to have these amazing people as your friends:
晃一
vlade
wonders
alex
gof
enundr

a dear friend once portrayed me like this:
"Girl, but with a potential for insanity we're all nervously awaiting. Extremely friendly, kind, and polite, but we all know she's a psychopath. Rei first contacted me and instantly impressed me with her polite messages. Imagine my shock when she joined our server and voice chat. She has this deceptively sweet, gentle nature, but it's all a front. It's like watching a kitten you know will grow into a ferocious tiger. She's a great friend, incredibly kind... but a ticking time bomb of pure, unadulterated chaos."

after playing ARC Raiders (my first PvPvE extraction shooter), I realized he couldn’t have been more right. this game is the ultimate catalyst for my loss of faith in humanity.
the number of times we got murdered mercilessly.
the number of "don't shoot" emotes followed by a knife in the back.
the most unforgettable moment came when a random teamed up with me and my friend for extraction, only to finish us off the second it's done.
this game plays out like a darwinian social experiment.
"If they say 'friendly,' reload. shoot first, talk later," my friend's wisdom hit hard.
I started killing.
I murdered the first raider I found.
“don’t shoot,” he said. *me ignores* ahhh. and he was dead within seconds.
a strange sensation welled up inside me... Is this the "high" they talk about?
I felt no remorse.
I felt no guilt.
maybe... euphoria?
turns out I love killing.
hehehehehe..........
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
well.
yesterday, we encountered a raider on the brink of death. I wanted to knock him out but my friend stopped me and told me to revive him instead. I used the defib on him reluctantly. “thank you”, he told us. mmmm.
that made me feel a little good, albeit the lingering killing intent still residing within me.
Is there some hope left for me after all...?
truth be told, I made many kind and awesome friends in ARC Raiders, and I had so much fun with them. It led to us trying other co-op games, and even just chilling in voice w/o having to game.
Irreplaceable moments like these, however fleeting and ephemeral, I treasure very much.
thank you guys... I love you! <33

This game is fantastic at its core, but I cannot recommend it in its current state.

This game was marketed as both a PVP and PVE experience, yet the reality is that the PVE side has been almost completely erased by the way the community and loadout system function. The overwhelming majority of players have adopted the kill-on-sight or worse, the befriend and betray mentality, which wouldn't necessarily be a problem if the risk and reward were balanced.

Right now, there is little to no incentive to bring high-tier gear into a raid. Any player can load into a game with a free loadout and still reliably kill someone who is risking valuable gear. This creates a situation where hoarding gear isn't just encouraged, but required, because bringing anything good almost guarantees you'll lose it to someone with nothing to lose.

As a result, the PVE content suffers immensely. ARCS are actively avoided because engaging them requires gear that is too risky to bring. This problem is even worse for new or casual players, because they cannot acquire and retain the gear needed to take down bigger ARCS. This means a lot of quests cannot be fulfilled unless you are blessed with a kind lobby, or you simply join the rats and steal from others. The PVE aspect essentially becomes useless then, and you are left in a frustrating loop where ignoring half of the advertised experience is the only way to progress.

The longer this continues, the worse this problem will become. As the weeks go by and the player base becomes more established, new and casual players will have an increasingly difficult time acquiring the materials needed to upgrade their workstations. Without upgraded workstations, they cannot craft better gear, meaning they cannot engage with PVE content, which is required for the majority of quests. This leaves them effectively stuck at the start of the game.

The aggression-based matchmaking does little to alleviate the loadout problem, because in most matches, there are still multiple highly aggressive players who camp the spawn and extraction zones and kill Raiders, again risking little on their part. Some of these spawn camp deaths also occur while the players load in, as mid-game spawns are enabled and poorly protected from trolls.

If this game were marketed as a PVP extraction shooter or a PVE co-op game, there would be no problem with either playstyle. However, the current blend of both creates an unfun, toxic and exhausting loop full of childish people who cannot work cooperatively and who believe that shooting people in the back while risking none of their own gear is the only way to enjoy the game. And any attempt to raise these concerns is routinely dismissed as a skill issue on the new player's part, despite the fact that the game actively rewards low-risk griefing over meaningful cooperation or PVE battles.

TLDR - ARC Raiders is supposed to be a blend of PVP and PVE, but its current systems reward zero-risk PVP with free loadouts while punishing anyone engaging with PVE. This makes progression nearly impossible for new and casual players, and any criticism is brushed off by the community as a 'skill issue', despite the issue being rooted in the poor balance and design.

I tried, really, I love looter shooters, extraction shooters, postapo, but this, I don't understand phenomen, for me it's boring, simplified, without edge, pvp/shooting is one of worst I ever played.

This game isn’t really just about extraction or looting.
It’s about the people you meet and the experiences you share. That’s what truly makes the game what it is.

Immaculate vibes, for the retro futuristic style, the synth heavy sounds, and the way the world feels lived are top-tier. It has a rare temperament that separates it from other shooters.

The most controversial part is the pvp mechanism, and I have a soft spot for Embark Studios introducing this logic. While it may simply be a calculation for game life span, I believe a studio with this much taste and class designed it for something deeper. In their design, the ARCs are strong, and you usually need to work together to drop them. In fact, the rewards of cooperation often outweigh killing other players.

This dynamic makes that famous line from BioShock constantly echo in my mind: “A man chooses, a slave obeys.” With a slight modification, I believe this is what the studio is actually trying to express: 

“A man chooses, a savage preys.”

When you betray a friendly player for a backpack full of loot, you aren't "winning." You're just reacting. You're giving in to the impulse like a starving animal. To hold your fire when you could easily take everything? That’s a choice. That is defiance.

So, to the guy who shot me in the back after I helped him: enjoy the loot. Seriously, take it. You won the match, but you failed the test. You can take my gear, but you can’t take my humanity. And to those friendly players (the majority, I believe): remember that the fragile bond of trust with a complete stranger is the most precious loot this game has to offer. When the screen goes black and you lose your items to a traitor, don't be too angry. They needed those virtual items to feel successful. You didn't. You walked away with the only thing that actually matters, the only thing that separates us from them: the ability to choose.

wish i saved the money. seems like a fun game till you realize its just grind. over and over. solo play is impossible youll spend most time hiding. rewards are rare and of course because i can buy money in the game. its such a sad side of gaming to have such a good concept for a game but force it into a multiplayer world. makes everything rare and takes days just to upgrade a work bench. boring stop making these stupid games that lose all the fun before you finish day 1. stop giving these worthless games money.

Hands down. One of the best PVP games out there. So much replayability and the difficulty doesn't make it any easy. On top of that, the bone chilling thrill and suspense of being deceived (any frigging time) by your own mates is what makes this a lot more entertaining.

My score: 6/10

I honestly don't understand the hype for this game. It feels like PUBG Super Lite mixed with extraction elements.

- Weapons suck. Everything, the selection, the overall gunplay
- You're dead, so is your collected loot
- Annoying robots and annoying to deal with
- Generally piss-poor loot
- It can get surprisingly boring really fast

The atmosphere and sound design are the best take from this game. Newbies who never played this type of game may like it as it more or less beginner and casual friendly.

Overall getting swarmed by Arc drones at the close end before extracting is extremely annoying. You figured out you wasted 15-20min of your time. The game probably has a better atmosphere as you level up but I just couldn't bother to progress. It feels very dragging.

The weird thing is, it made me appreciate THE DIVISION 2 a lot more. It has better PVE, better guns and gunplay. Better outfits.

Arc Raiders is just not for me