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ARC Raiders is a 2025 multiplayer third-person extraction shooter developed and published by Embark Studios for the platforms PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S, built on the game engine Unreal Engine 5. It can be played solo, or in teams of two or three. The game has received generally favorable reviews from critics, and it was awarded Best Multiplayer Game at The Game Awards 2025 and Online Game of the Year at the 29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.
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Core Keeper is a survival game and sandbox game developed by Pugstorm and published by Fireshine Games. Set in a procedurally generated underground world, the game combines mining, crafting, farming, automation, and combat while supporting single-player and cooperative multiplayer for up to eight players. Critics have compared its mechanics and tone to Minecraft, Terraria, and Stardew Valley for blending exploration, base-building and survival systems within a darker, atmospheric cave setting.
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Four games are free on Steam this weekend — including one you get to keep forever if you claim it before Monday.
Looking for something new to play this weekend? Steam has unlocked full access to ARC Raiders, Core Keeper, and Squad 44, plus a free permanent copy of Pony Island. Here is everything you need to know about the October 8–13 event.
Embark Studios has put in a decent amount of work maintaining and developing Arc Raiders in recent months, with the company recently announcing an upcoming co-op mode slated to launch into testing on October 13 while it continues to iterate on its anti-cheat processes and detection methods. In...