ARC Raiders authors' plans revealed

Embark's extraction shooter quickly became a Steam hit. Players praise its unusual setting, challenging bosses, and friendly atmosphere — many prefer to make friends and negotiate during a match rather than shoot each other to fish something valuable from an opponent's pockets. This alone was enough to make the game revolutionary for the genre. But the developers have no intention of stopping there — they published a roadmap with plans for the coming months. In short, they'll add a little bit of everything.

As early as November, Embark Studios staff promise to release the fifth map, called Stella Montis, as well as the North Line add-on, designed to change the gameplay — though no one has yet specified exactly how. As for the new location, it will expand the area known as the Rust Belt. Here, heroes will face not only natural hardships but also new types of mechanical foes — Matriarch and Shredder. Both robots will force raiders to use varied tactics instead of simply blasting away at weak spots.

A significant expansion of the arsenal and gear items is also promised, and players who love to complete quests during sorties will get a fresh batch of missions with rewards. All of this will be rounded out by themed events. In the December expansion, already named Cols Snap, we'll see snow-covered landscapes, winter activities, and quests. Completing tasks from the Raider Deck battle pass will let you earn more rewards ahead of 2026. This, of course, isn't all the changes awaiting the game's fans in the future, not to mention planned bug fixes, but we already know the main plans through next year.