ARC Raiders' servers appear to be down, with players reporting being stuck in a queue when trying to load the game. Embarks Community Manager for ARC Raiders has written in the game's official Discord that the developer is aware of the issue and is working on a fix.
The new extraction game has been making waves in the genre as an accessible entry for both newcomers and veterans of the genre. It is unclear if the large number of players trying to access the servers is the cause of the problems or if it is an unfortunate coincidence. ARC Raiders held a successful pre-launch server slam, and the first few days of the game's life after its October 30 release were relatively free of connectivity issues.
ARC Raiders servers are down at the moment
As reported by ARCRaidersNews on X, the latest update from Embark notes that the game has issues with servers, voice chat, and the party system. These issues seem to have started around 10:00am PST, with players reporting being kicked out of matches they were in and stuck in loading queues when trying to load back into the game. Players who can make it to a match report being put into parties with other players, despite having crossplay off and queuing for a solo ARC Raiders match.
Even with the ongoing server issues, ARC Raiders still has strong concurrent players, with over 300,000 players currently active on Steam alone. The game is currently the game with the 4th most concurrent players on Steam, just behind Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2and Battlefield 6. With all three of these games having a free-to-play component now Battlefield 6 RedSec has fallen, ARC Raiders Being a paid experience makes these player numbers an impressive feat.
With ARC Raiders with such great success just days after launch, it's not unexpected that server issues would pop up. There is no word yet on when ARC Raiders players can expect these connectivity issues to be resolved, but Embark has provided updates via the game's official Discord.
There's also no word on whether ARC Raiders players will receive some form of compensation for this downtime. In the meantime, ARC Raiders players can spend some time preparing to dive back into the Rust Belt and study some of them ARC Raidersbest tips and tricks, as well as take part in the game's map layouts.
- Released
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30 October 2025
- ESRB
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Teen/violence, blood
