# Arc Raiders Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/arc-raiders/ 44 people recommended Arc Raiders in Hacker News comments, 7 had mixed feelings and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 12 months, in 35 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Multiplayer shooter that runs well on Linux and Proton, with few cheaters reported by many players. Critics point to poor performance and cheating. Summary written by Claude from 53 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Runs well on Linux and Proton (6 comments in the sample): "Arc Raiders is a great example of a modern and popular multiplayer game that works with proton" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46138703)) "It is shocking how well Arc Raiders handles ray tracing on Linux." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793663)) "Arc Raiders runs just fine on Linux and is a strictly PvP game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46798901)) - Runs smoothly on many setups (5 comments in the sample): "The Finals, Arc Raiders, CS2, Hunt Showdown, Guild Wars 2, all run great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46634768)) "ARC Raiders is currently all working perfectly for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45794968)) "Arc Raiders, Helldivers 2, Factorio, etc just fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476072)) - Enjoyable, fun game to play (4 comments in the sample): "I'm 39 and just spent 50 hours in Arc Raiders, much of it in a state of wonder and discovery." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46210050)) "ARC Raiders is one of my favorite games right now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48980769)) "Great game though, I'm really enjoying it too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45886150)) - Looks great, strong visuals (2 comments in the sample): "it's absolutely a feast for the eyes while also pioneering on several fronts especially around the bot movement and intelligence" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46368650)) "ARC Raiders does look fantastic on a 1440p ultrawide" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47276238)) ## What people warn about - Visual issues and poor performance (2 comments in the sample): "runs fantastic - but even still, it had noticeable visual issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48135716)) "ARC Raiders has Theia anti tamper (very poor performance) but right now the number of cheaters is minimal" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46108363)) - Cheaters overrun the game (2 comments in the sample): "very quickly overrun by cheaters" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49799716)) "Cheating killed the game." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49799854)) - Bugs and launch freezes (2 comments in the sample): "Can't get Arc Raiders to load, just freezes 15-30 seconds into the launch process" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45853299)) "For the first ~9 months they did not fix any of the bugs in the main menu" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50068798)) - Shallow, not particularly innovative content (2 comments in the sample): "none of which are particularly innovative" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808737)) "Games made by hoards of anonymous contractors and maintained by a skeleton crew incapable of iterating meaningfully on their product." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48819934)) ## Other multiplayer shooters people recommend - [Counter-Strike](https://hackerapproved.com/p/counter-strike/): 19 recommend, 10 mixed, 17 criticize - [Counter-Strike 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/counter-strike-2/): 18 recommend, 8 mixed, 17 criticize - [Marathon by Bungie](https://hackerapproved.com/p/marathon/): 13 recommend, 2 mixed, 13 criticize - [Overwatch 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/overwatch/): 12 recommend, 9 mixed, 21 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Arc Raiders", https://hackerapproved.com/p/arc-raiders/ (44 recommend, 7 mixed, 10 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.