New extraction shooter Arc Raiders has had a very successful launch on Steam, with the game hitting just under half a million users a week after its launch.

According to SteamDB, the game's peak playerbase on PC currently sits at 496,000 players- with many players praising the game's intuitive gameplay.

It should be noted these are merely the Steam numbers for the game- it's also available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Extraction shooters are looking like the next hot genre- best identified by Escape From Tarkov, in recent years we've seen the release of Synduality with an eventual release for Marathon, all using the same survive and explore formula.

Similarly, Mecha Break also launched with its own extraction mode in the game.

Arc Raiders Gameplay

It's not surprising people say the shooting in Arc Raiders is handled well- Embark Studios previous title, The Finals, was similarly praised for its clever gunplay.

As an Extraction Shooter, rather than taking part in fixed matches, instead you're exploring big maps, looking for items and resources before returning back to your base- hence the extraction.

While your major threat is the mechanical ARCs controlled by the CPU, the game has one more threat- other raiders, controlled by other players who might kill you and try to steal your loot.