# ARC Raiders

> An extraction game drew 35.6 million hours watched in its first week.

- Owner: Embark Studios
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2025-10-30
- Milestone date: Jan 2026
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak. Some dates are known only to the week, month or year.
- Spread Score: 49 (Notable), v1.3
- Mechanics: Platform jump, Press loop, Pairing

## Summary

ARC Raiders launched on October 30 after a sponsored creator push. Twitch and YouTube streams and launch coverage followed. Streams Charts counted over 35.6 million hours watched across platforms in the first week.

## Timeline

- 2025-10-17 — Embark Studios (Twitch) — Embark ran a Server Slam with sponsored streams and rewards.
- 2025-10-30 — Embark Studios (Open web) — ARC Raiders launched across PC and consoles.
- 2025-10-30 — The Escapist (Press) — The Escapist reported launch queues and connection errors.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/arc-raiders-2025

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “ARC Raiders.” Case HIS-01804. Spread Score v1.3: 49/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01804