ARC Raiders' Frozen Trail Lands Today, and Embark Says It Knew Players Would Leave First

Embark Studios' Frozen Trail update hits ARC Raiders on October 8 with the snowy Pendola Pass map, a grappling hook, and a crashed Emperor ARC to raid. Executive producer Aleksander Grøndal told GamesRadar+ on October 7 that Embark "accepted the fact that we would have less players" when it moved to one big drop roughly every six months. Steam concurrents sit near 43,000, down from close to 500,000 at the November 2025 peak. The game is free on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation until October 12.