Arc Raiders's Embark Studios has been busy lately, first dropping the Frozen Trail update and kicking off a free weekend, updating its anti-cheat systems, and then starting testing for the PvE game mode slated to run from October 13 to 20. These changes appear to have boosted player count, as Arc Raiders just recorded its highest daily active user count in six months, according to data from Alinea Analytics.
The analytics firm estimates that on the launch date of the Frozen Trail update, which was also the first day of the free weekend, daily active users rose from around 599,000 to 944,000. The figure climbed as high as 1.6 million DAUs by October 12, when the free weekend ended. Surprisingly, however, the extraction shooter's highest daily active user count came on October 14, the day after the PvE test period began, suggesting the mode may have been a strong driver for gamers who had previously picked up the game and dropped it later.
Steam DB's player count charts also show a notable increase in peak concurrent players that coincides with the PvE test's start. The game rose from 152,547 peak concurrent players the day before to 164,228 on October 13. A 50% discount was active between October 8 and 16.
Alinea's data also indicates the rise in player counts resulted in an additional 150,000 game sales, generating around $3 million in revenue from game sales alone.
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