ARC Raiders Reaches 14 Million Copies Sold, Powers Nexon to Record Q4 and Full Year Revenue With 25% YoY Growth
Nexon has published its Q4 2025 financials and confirmed record high Q4 and full year revenue, with ARC Raiders standing out as the core growth engine behind the results. In the company’s investor materials, Nexon confirms that Embark Studios’ extraction shooter has now reached 14 million copies sold since launch in 10/2025, a milestone that helps explain why the publisher is calling out this quarter as a franchise defining moment for its global expansion strategy.
The 14 million figure is particularly notable when you track it against the most recent official checkpoint. Embark confirmed ARC Raiders at 12.4 million copies sold in 01/2026, which implies the game moved roughly 1.6 million additional units in about a month, an unusually strong post launch run rate for a premium priced multiplayer title. It also adds weight to the recent narrative that ARC Raiders has been sustaining sales leadership across multiple platforms rather than spiking and fading, the typical live service pattern investors fear.
Financially, Nexon reports that ARC Raiders helped drive a 25% year on year revenue increase, bringing overall company revenue to 3.1 billion dollars. While Nexon’s portfolio is broader than a single title, this is clearly a quarter where one breakout product materially reshaped the topline story, and it gives Nexon a sharper positioning as a premium global publisher rather than a regionally concentrated operator.
That said, Nexon also credits meaningful growth outside of ARC Raiders, with the MapleStory franchise continuing to deliver and MapleStory Idle RPG acting as a mobile growth lever after remaining the number 1 title on app store charts for more than 10 weeks. This matters because it signals durability and portfolio balance, meaning Nexon can claim it is not betting its entire strategy on one shooter, even if ARC Raiders is doing most of the heavy lifting in this specific revenue cycle.
Embark’s other shooter, The Finals, also contributed, with Nexon reporting year on year revenue growth that was boosted in 12/2025 by the Season 9 update. In portfolio terms, that is a strong supporting indicator because it suggests Embark is not a one hit studio and Nexon’s bet on the team is producing multiple active revenue streams.
Looking ahead, Nexon lists 8 games in development, with 4 new IPs and 4 tied to established franchises, outlining a forward pipeline designed to sustain momentum beyond the current ARC Raiders wave:
Azur Promilia, new IP published by Nexon, fantasy world RPG
Project DX, Durango based, developed and published by Nexon, MMORPG
Project RX, new IP developed and published by Nexon, anime style game
Vindictus Defying Fate, Mabinogi Heroes based, developed and published by Nexon, action RPG
Nakwon Last Paradise, new IP developed and published by Nexon, extraction survival game
Woochi The Wayfarer, new IP developed and published by Nexon, action adventure
Dungeon and Fighter Arad, new Dungeon and Fighter title developed and published by Nexon, open world action RPG
Project Overkill, new Dungeon and Fighter title developed and published by Nexon, 3D action RPG
One omission also stands out. The rumored StarCraft project associated with Nexon is not mentioned in this development slate, which is not surprising given how sensitive licensed partnerships and external approvals can be. If anything does materialize there, the most logical stage for that kind of reveal would be a major tentpole event like BlizzCon 2026 rather than a finance first document.
From an industry lens, this ARC Raiders performance is a textbook example of what publishers want but rarely achieve: a premium multiplayer game that sustains conversion and engagement after launch, while also improving the publisher’s leverage in future platform negotiations, content deals, and sequel planning. Nexon now has the metrics to justify bigger swings, and ARC Raiders is clearly positioned to become an enduring pillar if Embark can keep the content cadence sharp and the meta healthy.
Do you think ARC Raiders can sustain this momentum through 2026 with steady seasonal updates, or will the extraction shooter market force Nexon and Embark to pivot toward a bigger expansion style relaunch?
