United Kingdom, Nov. 10 -- Arc Raiders has once again shattered its own records - reaching nearly half a million concurrent players on Steam over the weekend.

According to official Valve data, the the free-to-play extraction shooter hit a new peak of 462,488 concurrent players on November 9, eclipsing its previous high of 264,673 set just a week earlier.

That surge pushed Arc Raiders past Battlefield 6 (441,035) to become the fourth most-played title on Steam, trailing only behind Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and PUBG.

The milestone caps off a remarkable debut for developer Embark Studios' long-awaited shooter, which blends extraction-style PvPvE gameplay with striking sci-fi aesthetics and large-scale co-op battles against AI-controlled ...