ARC Raiders Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-26
- Outstanding audiovisual quality
- Engaging core gameplay
- Excellent initial experience
- Rampant cheating problem
- Developers not addressing cheating
- No dedicated PvE mode
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 8-11GB VRAMmixedWindows 12-15GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 409,586
- Positive
- 338,85882.7%
- Negative
- 70,72817.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 28,790,479
- Estimated revenue
- $1,151,331,255
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 6220.60%
- Estimated copies lost
- 43,721
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,748,403
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 6270.6% Avg playtime 1.1h | 1950.2% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 22,35821.6% Avg playtime 249.4h | 80,39377.6% Avg playtime 222.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 385.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 54.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 39,443 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 268.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
103,573 total
Organic purchasers75,37872.8%
Voted up: 78%
Key activations28,19527.2%
Voted up: 76%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
103,573 total
First impression0-2h1,7651.70%
Voted up: 50%
Mid game2-10h13,20612.8%
Voted up: 87%
Late game10-20h13,35712.9%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+75,24572.6%
Voted up: 75%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
81.6%
Global baseline 77.8%
472 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 409,586 total.