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ARK: Survival Ascended cover art

ARK: Survival Ascended

Studio Wildcard · 2023-10-25

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ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Nov 21, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 30, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Oct 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

24,140
playing now
60%
positive of 116k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9,632
twitch viewers (latest)
72/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.24
steam price (US)

24,140 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Ark: Survival Ascended is an action-adventure survival video game developed by Studio Wildcard. It is a remaster of the 2017 game Ark: Survival Evolved. The game was released in early access for Windows on October 25, 2023, Xbox Series X/S on November 21, 2023, and PlayStation 5 on November 30, 2023.

Trailer

ARK: Survival Ascended trailer thumbnail

Ark: Survival Ascended - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24,140 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24,118 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3,015/week).
  • · Review velocity up 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 2.3M–5.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 116,211 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.24-75%
Microsoft Store$11.24-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.24 at Microsoft Store (2026-02-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $44.99 · on sale 18 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.3k9.3k20232026Week of 2023-10-01: 9,291 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8,587 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9,203 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5,689 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,649 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,880 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,724 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,166 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 962 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 962 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,257 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,023 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,980 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,221 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,013 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 643 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,339 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,178 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 931 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 681 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 776 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 515 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,347 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,019 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 801 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 494 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 520 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,461 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 947 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,177 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 684 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,393 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,215 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,276 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 933 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 478 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 822 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 524 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,800 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,776 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,663 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,137 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 563 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,038 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 595 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,358 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 647 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,472 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 866 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,911 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 997 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,276 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 961 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,333 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,447 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,730 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,001 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,674 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,003 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,524 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 811 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,674 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,438 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 865 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 524 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

34k15k2026-08-06 21:00 — 23,783 players2026-08-07 09:00 — 18,972 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 27,111 players2026-08-08 09:00 — 24,629 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 30,258 players2026-08-09 09:00 — 26,446 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 29,932 players2026-08-10 09:00 — 20,367 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 19,984 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 18,295 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 21,623 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 24,969 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 29,425 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 23,227 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 22,104 players2026-08-22 18:00 — 28,239 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 24,026 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 19,174 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 16,601 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 16,846 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 20,763 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 26,911 players2026-08-26 17:00 — 24,305 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 20,748 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 18,955 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 18,413 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 16,561 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 18,092 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 23,665 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 26,713 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 16,311 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 17,879 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 17,305 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 25,938 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 24,140 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#100#1002026-08-262026-08-282026-08-26 — #1002026-08-27 — #1002026-08-28 — #100
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).

Price history

$44.99$11.242023-10-262026-08-262023-10-26 — best price $40.492023-11-26 — best price $44.992024-01-04 — best price $44.992024-03-04 — best price $44.992024-03-21 — best price $44.992024-04-11 — best price $44.992024-06-04 — best price $33.742024-06-18 — best price $44.992024-07-11 — best price $44.992024-08-01 — best price $44.992024-09-12 — best price $44.992024-11-04 — best price $44.992024-11-27 — best price $30.142024-12-04 — best price $44.992024-12-16 — best price $26.992025-01-03 — best price $44.992025-02-24 — best price $44.992025-03-11 — best price $44.992025-03-20 — best price $44.992025-05-01 — best price $44.992025-06-03 — best price $44.992025-06-12 — best price $22.492025-07-10 — best price $44.992025-09-23 — best price $44.992025-10-06 — best price $44.992025-10-29 — best price $44.992025-11-17 — best price $44.992025-12-18 — best price $22.492026-01-19 — best price $44.992026-02-23 — best price $11.242026-03-02 — best price $44.992026-03-26 — best price $44.992026-04-04 — best price $11.242026-04-17 — best price $11.242026-04-30 — best price $44.992026-06-02 — best price $44.992026-06-25 — best price $11.242026-07-23 — best price $44.992026-08-24 — best price $11.242026-08-26 — best price $11.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3681262026-05-28 — 212 pageviews2026-05-31 — 223 pageviews2026-06-03 — 175 pageviews2026-06-06 — 214 pageviews2026-06-09 — 180 pageviews2026-06-12 — 188 pageviews2026-06-15 — 175 pageviews2026-06-18 — 177 pageviews2026-06-21 — 208 pageviews2026-06-24 — 208 pageviews2026-06-27 — 231 pageviews2026-06-30 — 222 pageviews2026-07-03 — 248 pageviews2026-07-06 — 269 pageviews2026-07-09 — 243 pageviews2026-07-12 — 272 pageviews2026-07-15 — 196 pageviews2026-07-18 — 199 pageviews2026-07-21 — 176 pageviews2026-07-24 — 187 pageviews2026-07-27 — 169 pageviews2026-07-30 — 136 pageviews2026-08-02 — 183 pageviews2026-08-05 — 161 pageviews2026-08-08 — 147 pageviews2026-08-11 — 172 pageviews2026-08-14 — 151 pageviews2026-08-17 — 158 pageviews2026-08-20 — 141 pageviews2026-08-23 — 169 pageviews2026-08-24 — 159 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

34k3242026-08-21 10:12 — 9,263 viewers2026-08-21 14:12 — 24,231 viewers2026-08-22 11:12 — 18,737 viewers2026-08-23 10:12 — 20,483 viewers2026-08-23 14:12 — 33,839 viewers2026-08-24 09:12 — 4,470 viewers2026-08-24 13:12 — 7,790 viewers2026-08-25 09:12 — 8,938 viewers2026-08-25 13:12 — 23,447 viewers2026-08-26 09:12 — 9,593 viewers2026-08-26 17:12 — 17,341 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 1,647 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 906 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 374 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 450 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 1,284 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 2,151 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 1,601 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 913 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 628 viewers2026-08-28 11:12 — 8,578 viewers2026-08-28 13:12 — 9,487 viewers2026-08-28 15:12 — 7,907 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 2,323 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 1,770 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 1,529 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 813 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 1,227 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 2,649 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 2,153 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 1,880 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 1,231 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 1,024 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 1,356 viewers2026-08-30 13:12 — 7,003 viewers2026-08-30 15:12 — 6,580 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 9,632 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
73.7%
earned "Your first Dino..."
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-op20 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)37,1493%32
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)14,8533%31
Steam (Steam)11,9792%32
PS5 (PlayStation)62922%32

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvEPvPActionSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureDinosaursOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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