Current version:PlayStation 5
ARC Raiders

ARC Raiders

ARC Raiders is a PlayStation 5 shooter game developed by Embark Studios. It centers on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, area and route exploration, and weapon and firepower management, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.

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8.8 / 10
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About this game

ARC Raiders is a PlayStation 5 shooter game centered on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, area and route exploration, and weapon and firepower management. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.

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8.8 / 10PlayStation 5

Immersive extraction with a tougher solo experience.

ARC Raiders on PS5 makes scavenging and extraction a source of unscripted stories. Machines are dangerous in their own right, while alarm and directional audio can change a squad’s plan before another player is even visible. Temporary alliances and ambushes keep each run uncertain. Four visually distinct maps, tactically useful sound and a workbench progression loop that starts paying off quickly make a demanding extraction genre comparatively approachable. The direct PlayStation review also identifies a meaningful imbalance for solo players who can face full squads. It observes minor frame-rate dips on the base PS5, alongside a strong PS5 Pro presentation and effective DualSense feedback. Those are platform-specific observations, not evidence about PC performance. This is well suited to players comfortable with online risk, equipment loss and team improvisation. A player wanting a pure solo campaign or a consistently level solo queue should approach it with caution.

Strengths

  • Emergent encounters, useful audio and varied maps.

Weaknesses

  • Solo imbalance and minor base-PS5 dips.

Who it is for: Players who enjoy team-based extraction stakes.

Play notes: Live-service state may change; console observations only.

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Accessible long-term loop.

Reviewed8.5 / 10Not provided
Dimension

Every run can tell a story.

Reviewed8.9 / 10Not provided
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Audio does meaningful work.

Reviewed9.2 / 10Not provided
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Minor base-PS5 dips.

Reviewed8.3 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Release date
Oct 30, 2025
Platforms
PlayStation 5
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Offline maximum players
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Online minimum players
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Online maximum players
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Tags
WarFast-pacedThird PersonSolo-friendly3D GraphicsDodgeMain Story Under 10 HoursExplorationLinear LevelsPlayer versus EnvironmentShootingReplayable
Supported game languages
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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Age ratings
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Play modes
Co-opMultiplayer
Perspectives
Third person

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