Games Like Arc Raiders
Quick Answer
The closest games to Arc Raiders are Escape from Tarkov, Hunt: Showdown 1896, Helldivers 2, Marauders and Dark and Darker. Below are 8 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Arc Raiders, and what does not.
What Made Arc Raiders Work
Arc Raiders is an extraction shooter: you go out with gear, try to find better gear, and the tension is entirely in deciding when to leave. What makes it different is that the machines are as dangerous as the other players, so it plays quieter and slower than most of the genre.
Arc Raiders is Embark Studios' extraction shooter, released on October 30, 2025 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Embark, the Stockholm studio behind The Finals, first announced it in 2021 as a free co-op game before reworking it. Players leave the underground city of Speranza for the surface, scavenge while avoiding hostile ARC machines and other raiders, and keep what they carry only if they reach an extraction point. Fans usually want the same risk of losing a loadout, or the same machine-fighting co-op.
8 Games Like Arc Raiders
1.Escape from Tarkov(2017)
The genre's origin point, and by far the most punishing version of it.
Why it fits: Battlestate Games' PC shooter, in beta since 2017, is the game that defined the extraction genre: bring gear into a raid, survive other players and AI scavengers, and extract to keep what you found. Arc Raiders uses the same core loop in a far more approachable form.
What is different: Far more punishing and simulation-heavy — inventory, ballistics and medical systems take weeks to learn.
Where to play it: PC.
More about this game →2.Hunt: Showdown 1896(2018)
The best-paced extraction shooter, and the tension is unmatched.
Why it fits: Crytek's PvPvE bounty shooter entered early access in 2018; the 2024 1896 update moved it to a newer engine and added the Colorado map Mammon's Gulch. Teams track monsters, banish them and try to extract with the bounty while other teams hunt them, which is Arc Raiders' mix of AI and human threats.
What is different: Bounty hunts in a 19th-century bayou; the AI monsters are fodder and the other players are the real danger.
Where to play it: PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
More about this game →3.Helldivers 2(2024)
If it was fighting machines with friends rather than the PvP that appealed.
Why it fits: Arrowhead Game Studios' 2024 co-op shooter, published by Sony on PS5 and PC and on Xbox Series X|S in 2025, drops squads of four onto planets to fight bugs and robotic Automatons, then call in an extraction shuttle. The machine enemies and the tense wait at extraction are the shared parts.
What is different: No extraction gamble on your own gear and no PvP; it is co-op missions against bugs and robots.
Where to play it: PS5, PC and Xbox Series X|S.
More about this game →4.Marauders(2022)
Extraction raiding in space, with boarding actions.
Why it fits: Small Impact Games' extraction shooter entered early access on PC in 2022. It is set in an alternate history where the First World War never ended; players raid ships and stations for loot, with space travel and ship boarding between raids.
What is different: A grittier, dieselpunk setting, and ship-to-ship boarding in space adds a layer Arc Raiders does not have.
Where to play it: PC.
More about this game →5.Dark and Darker(2023)
The fantasy version, and the extraction decision is just as sharp.
Why it fits: IRONMACE's fantasy extraction game went into early access in 2023. Players go into dungeons in first person with fantasy classes, loot, and must find an escape portal before the level closes in — the same keep-it-only-if-you-leave rule as Arc Raiders, with swords and spells.
What is different: First-person fantasy dungeons with melee combat and classes; brutal on newcomers.
Where to play it: PC.
More about this game →6.Deep Rock Galactic(2020)
Co-op extraction without the PvP, and extremely good-natured.
Why it fits: Ghost Ship Games' four-player co-op shooter left early access in 2020. Dwarf miners dig through procedural caves under constant alien attack and must reach the drop pod before it leaves, which gives it a real extraction timer without any player-versus-player risk.
What is different: Pure co-op with no other players to fear, and you keep what you mine.
Where to play it: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4 and PS5.
More about this game →7.STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl(2024)
For the desolate world and scavenging, without the raid timer.
Why it fits: GSC Game World released it in November 2024 on PC and Xbox Series X|S. It is a single-player shooter set in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, built on scavenging, anomalies and artifacts — the looting and hostile-world side of Arc Raiders, without other players.
What is different: A single-player story game — no raids, no other players, no losing your kit.
Where to play it: PC and Xbox Series X|S.
More about this game →8.Titanfall 2(2016)
If the machines and the movement were the draw.
Why it fits: Respawn Entertainment's 2016 shooter, published by EA on PS4, Xbox One and PC, pairs a pilot with the giant robot BT-7274. It is the pick for fighting alongside and against large machines, with wall-running movement that feels nothing like a cautious raid.
What is different: A fast linear campaign and arena multiplayer; nothing is at stake between matches.
Where to play it: PS4, Xbox One and PC.
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Where to Start
If you want the same slow, tense rhythm with other players in the mix, Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the best-paced alternative. If it was fighting machines with friends and you could do without the PvP, go to Helldivers 2 or Deep Rock Galactic.
How We Picked These Games
Every pick shares at least one of Arc Raiders' three parts: an extraction loop where gear is at risk, shooting at large machine enemies, or scavenging a hostile world. We included pure co-op games for players who want the machines without the player-versus-player tension, and left out battle royales, where there is no decision about when to leave.
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Games Like Arc Raiders Compared
Year is each game's first release anywhere, on the platform in the next column. "Play it now" is where it can be bought or played today.
| Game | Year | First released on | Play it now | Closest to Arc Raiders in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escape from Tarkov | 2017 | PC (beta) | PC. | The extraction loop it is built on |
| Hunt: Showdown 1896 | 2018 | PC (early access) | PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. | PvPvE with AI and human threats |
| Helldivers 2 | 2024 | PS5, PC | PS5, PC and Xbox Series X|S. | Squads, machines and a tense extraction |
| Marauders | 2022 | PC (early access) | PC. | Raiding for loot between trips |
| Dark and Darker | 2023 | PC (early access) | PC. | Keep it only if you leave |
| Deep Rock Galactic | 2020 | PC, Xbox One | PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4 and PS5. | An extraction timer without PvP |
| STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl | 2024 | PC, Xbox Series X|S | PC and Xbox Series X|S. | Scavenging a hostile zone |
| Titanfall 2 | 2016 | PC, PS4, Xbox One | PS4, Xbox One and PC. | Fighting alongside huge machines |
Which One to Play, by What You Liked
If you liked Arc Raiders for the extract-or-lose-it tension, try Escape from Tarkov and Dark and Darker. The hardcore original, and the same rule in a fantasy dungeon.
If you liked Arc Raiders for fighting machines with friends, try Helldivers 2 and Titanfall 2. Co-op against robots in one, piloting one in the other.
If you liked Arc Raiders for never knowing if the next shot is AI or a player, try Hunt: Showdown 1896. Monsters to bring down and other teams hunting the same prize.
If you liked Arc Raiders for playing without other players hunting you, try Deep Rock Galactic and STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Co-op extraction with no PvP, and a single-player scavenging shooter.
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