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Arc Raiders has seen major success since its release. The game has sold 12 million copies in just over two months and is currently the third most-watched title on Twitch, averaging around 93,300 viewers per day. However, streamers have recently accused Arc Raiders of having a growing cheater problem, and developer Embark has now responded to the criticism, promising “significant changes” to address the issue.
On the official Arc Raiders Discord, Embark community manager and admin Ossen says that “over the next few weeks, Embark is implementing significant changes to our rulesets and deploying new detection mechanisms to identify and remove cheaters”.
These changes include updating the game’s “Anti-Cheat systems for improved detection and bans, as well as applying client-side fixes specifically addressing the ‘out of map’ glitch”. As for streamers, Embark is “introducing tools to help mitigate stream sniping”.
Much of the backlash surrounding cheating has come from high-profile streamers. Shroud, who has 11.3 million followers on Twitch, recently criticized Embark for not addressing the issue, saying, “This might be my last day playing for a very long time… Embark has zero control over their game right now”.
Nadeshot also weighed in on X, arguing that the “egregious amount of cheating genuinely might be worse than peak Call of Duty”.
Addressing why the issue hasn’t been resolved, community manager Birdie explains on Discord that the development team was on holiday over Christmas. Birdie reveals that “patches will come soon enough,” while also hinting at fixes for other issues, including “trigger nades, stitcher, [and] kettle”.
Despite the controversy, Arc Raiders continues to retain roughly 90% of its all-time peak player count on Steam. The game was among Steam’s top 12 best-selling titles of 2025, and Embark has “ambitious” plans for 2026 beyond its upcoming anti-cheat fixes.
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