Arc Raiders hits 16 million sales, helps drive record revenue and profits for Nexon

Nexon's latest Q1 earnings report highlights record-breaking revenues and profit, thanks in no small part to Arc Raiders' thunderous success.

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Extraction shooter Arc Raiders is one of the most popular new games in recent memory. The shooter has now amassed more than 16 million sales in little over six months on the market. Back in January, Embark had confirmed 12 million sales, and while Nexon expects the game to start slowing down, Arc Raiders managed to sell 4.6 million copies in the Q1 period.

"ARC Raiders, which globally launched in October 2025, has also maintained its momentum, selling 4.6 million units in Q1 2026 and achieving a total of 15.5 million units sold from its release to March 31, 2026. The game has now sold over 16 million units," reads Nexon's latest earnings report.

The publisher also says that a new game set in the Arc Raiders franchise is also in the works.

Arc Raiders' sales and microtransactions helped Nexon achieved its best quarterly revenue and operating profit; the group recorded 152.234 billion yen (around $960 million) revenue in Q1'26, with a 38% profit margin on 58.163 billion yen operating profit ($367 million).

"For the three months ended March 31, 2026, we achieved record-breaking quarterly revenue and operating profit primarily driven by a contribution from ARC Raiders, released globally in October 2025, and growth of the MapleStory franchise.

"For ARC Raiders, launched in October 2025, we expect it to keep contributing to revenue while settling down going forward as the sales of one-time purchase games tend to be concentrated in the early stages of release."

Arc Raiders has been so successful that the company promoted the boss of Embark Studios, former Battlefield dev Patrick Soderlund, as executive chairman of Nexon.