WHY CAN’T GAMERS STOP Playing Arc Raiders?

When I reviewed ARC Raiders, I said it was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, extraction shooters available today. High praise, for sure, but it's not the lack of competition that endeared me to Embark Studios' latest. It's the high quality – the excellence of execution that makes it stand out even among all the incredible titles that have already been released this year. And it seems I'm not the only one. I could tell you about the nearly 355,000 peak concurrent players on Steam over the weekend, which would have likely been higher were it not for server issues, but that's old news. Instead, let's talk about other metrics. This may shock you, but on top of earning glowing praise from players – 90 percent “Very Positive” on Steam based on about 42,200 user reviews and counting at this time – it's also a hit among critics.