Games like ARC Raiders
If ARC Raiders is your kind of game, the closest matches are P.R.I.M.A.L. Keepers, Bunker Rats and Mistfall Hunter — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its unique ai enemy behavior, stressful and tense. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →ARC Raiders is a third-person extraction shooter set in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world where players venture into hostile territory to collect loot while competing against other players and hostile AI enemies. Developed by Embark Studios and released in 2025 at $39.99 USD, the game features competitive matches, level-grinding, and persistent loot collection across its massive setting. Players describe the experience as stressful and tense, with reviewers highlighting initially engaging PvP and PvE experiences and unique AI enemy behavior. The game supports online cooperative multiplayer and runs verified on Steam Deck, achieving 85% positive reviews from over 187,000 Steam users.
About ARC Raiders: ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
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P.R.I.M.A.L. Keepers
WHY THIS
Top pick for ARC Raiders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
P.R.I.M.A.L. Keepers is a multiplayer survival game set in the distant future, 100 years after the catastrophe of a colony ship. Humanity has become trapped within an unknown star system. Players must work together and fight for survival during desperate evacuation attempts.
ActionSteam ↗Bunker Rats
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ARC Raiders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
A close third-person co-op PvPvE extraction game set entirely underground. No guns. Just you, your team, and a concrete labyrinth full of loot, hazards, and other players who want your stuff. Gear up, deploy into shared complexes with up to 12 players, and try to extract before you die.
Mistfall Hunter
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ARC Raiders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Mistfall Hunter is a dark fantasy extraction ARPG. Combine skills, talents, and gear for each class in thrilling combat! Whether you team up or go solo, one thing remains certain—only by fighting your way through can you return with a full haul. Good luck, Gyldhunter.
DeadPoly
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for ARC Raiders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
The Day Before
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with ARC Raiders.
Ranked #5 for ARC Raiders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
The Day Before offers players a uniquely reimagined journey into post-apocalyptic open-world MMO survival set in the present day on the US East Coast following a deadly pandemic.
The Cycle: Frontier
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with ARC Raiders.
Ranked #6 for ARC Raiders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
The Cycle: Frontier is a free-to-play PvPvE Extraction Shooter driven by suspense and danger. Prospect for resources and other riches on an abandoned alien world ravaged by a deadly storm, inhabited by monsters and other ambitious Prospectors.
Off The Grid
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for ARC Raiders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Welcome to Off The Grid, the next-gen free to play Battle Royale from visionary director Neill Blomkamp. Set in a near-future world where contestants are cybernetically augmented and dropped into televised bloodsport. Death is temporary, but fame is forever.
Astro Hunters VR
WHY THIS
Shares loot collection with ARC Raiders.
Ranked #8 for ARC Raiders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Become one of the Hunters in Astro Hunters VR - PvPvE extraction shooter set in space. Explore a unique planet, fight with different enemies, craft, gather resources, and upgrade your weapons. But remember there are also other hunters on the planet. Will you ally, fight, or betray - it's up to you!
Reviewers mention these as similar to ARC Raiders
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Generation Zero®
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with ARC Raiders.
Reviewers of ARC Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.
Escape from Tarkov
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with ARC Raiders.
Reviewers of ARC Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.
HELLDIVERS™ 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ARC Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.
The Forever Winter
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with ARC Raiders.
Reviewers of ARC Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive under the shadow of terrifying and gargantuan war machines locked in a never-ending conflict. Millions of deaths later the war continues with our latest update!
ZERO Sievert
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with ARC Raiders.
Reviewers of ARC Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
Witchfire
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with ARC Raiders.
Reviewers of ARC Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Witchfire is a first-person dark fantasy RPG shooter in which you play as a wicked sinner turned witch hunter on his final mission to reach salvation.
Escape From Duckov
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with ARC Raiders.
Reviewers of ARC Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Escape from Duckov is a PVE indie survival RPG — in a duck's world!. Scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear in the world of Duckov. Start from nothing and rise to the top. Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.
Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ARC Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ARC Raiders at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ARC Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under ARC Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under ARC Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ARC Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under ARC Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ARC Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under ARC Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARC Raiders.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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Frequently asked about ARC Raiders
- Is ARC Raiders verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — ARC Raiders is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does ARC Raiders cost?
- ARC Raiders is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does ARC Raiders have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — ARC Raiders supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to ARC Raiders?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ARC Raiders are P.R.I.M.A.L. Keepers, Bunker Rats, Mistfall Hunter.
- Who developed ARC Raiders?
- ARC Raiders was developed by Embark Studios.
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