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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) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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!

ARK: Survival Ascended is a $11.24 Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2023, estimated to have between 2,000,000 and 5,000,000 owners, with a Mixed sentiment based on 60% of 117,912 reviews.

15,717
playing now
60%
positive of 119k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
639
twitch viewers (latest)
7.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
72/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
13
Nexus mods (18k downloads)
3.50★
PlayStation Store rating (52,675 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.24
steam price (US)

15,717 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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
  • · 15,717 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22,722 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,840/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,793 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 10), healthy→thriving (Sep 5), thriving→healthy (Sep 4), healthy→thriving (Aug 31), thriving→healthy (Aug 28)

Estimated sales: 2.4M–5.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 119,412 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 36 observed days · at its all-time low (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: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 781 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,143 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 748 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 429 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

32k02026-09-15 11:00 — 20,167 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 17,504 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 8,743 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 16,222 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 14,782 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 14,226 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 15,349 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 20,583 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 23,897 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 22,188 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 20,475 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 18,572 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 16,885 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 18,801 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 22,624 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 21,615 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 18,265 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 15,949 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 15,521 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 14,948 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 26,564 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 18,147 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 12,682 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 20,548 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 14,070 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 20,386 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 31,874 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 18,952 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 12,803 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 21,272 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 22,019 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 22,654 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 21,434 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 21,282 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 15,717 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
59k13kOct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 58,972 · peak 98,047Nov 2023 — avg 48,397 · peak 89,513Dec 2023 — avg 32,463 · peak 63,209Jan 2024 — avg 20,994 · peak 40,555Feb 2024 — avg 14,391 · peak 23,714Mar 2024 — avg 14,281 · peak 23,141Apr 2024 — avg 22,549 · peak 44,923May 2024 — avg 14,454 · peak 26,019Jun 2024 — avg 18,345 · peak 32,826Jul 2024 — avg 14,217 · peak 23,700Aug 2024 — avg 12,517 · peak 18,915Sep 2024 — avg 20,783 · peak 36,033Oct 2024 — avg 16,036 · peak 26,742Nov 2024 — avg 16,392 · peak 30,771Dec 2024 — avg 20,176 · peak 41,122Jan 2025 — avg 24,056 · peak 39,580Feb 2025 — avg 21,100 · peak 37,097Mar 2025 — avg 19,412 · peak 31,950Apr 2025 — avg 16,601 · peak 26,304May 2025 — avg 15,704 · peak 24,200Jun 2025 — avg 21,887 · peak 48,043Jul 2025 — avg 25,880 · peak 42,983Aug 2025 — avg 19,489 · peak 32,101Sep 2025 — avg 15,430 · peak 25,064Oct 2025 — avg 19,199 · peak 34,339Nov 2025 — avg 19,291 · peak 29,850Dec 2025 — avg 22,711 · peak 46,915Jan 2026 — avg 30,560 · peak 50,343Feb 2026 — avg 23,746 · peak 43,772Mar 2026 — avg 28,485 · peak 49,732Apr 2026 — avg 26,656 · peak 44,996May 2026 — avg 23,040 · peak 41,220Jun 2026 — avg 23,848 · peak 40,122Jul 2026 — avg 31,064 · peak 49,602Aug 2026 — avg 23,802 · peak 38,418
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#55#552026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #552026-09-16 — #552026-09-17 — #55
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
72722026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 48 new positive2026-09-16: 22 new negative2026-09-17: 22 new positive2026-09-17: 18 new negative2026-09-18: 36 new positive2026-09-18: 35 new negative2026-09-19: 20 new positive2026-09-19: 20 new negative2026-09-20: 26 new positive2026-09-20: 9 new negative2026-09-21: 25 new positive2026-09-21: 15 new negative2026-09-22: 21 new positive2026-09-22: 5 new negative2026-09-23: 22 new positive2026-09-23: 20 new negative2026-09-24: 14 new positive2026-09-24: 14 new negative2026-09-25: 26 new positive2026-09-25: 13 new negative2026-09-26: 34 new positive2026-09-26: 21 new negative2026-09-27: 30 new positive2026-09-27: 25 new negative2026-09-28: 36 new positive2026-09-28: 15 new negative2026-09-29: 54 new positive2026-09-29: 24 new negative2026-09-30: 18 new positive2026-09-30: 8 new negative2026-10-01: 43 new positive2026-10-01: 39 new negative2026-10-02: 33 new positive2026-10-02: 42 new negative2026-10-03: 32 new positive2026-10-03: 39 new negative2026-10-04: 47 new positive2026-10-04: 63 new negative2026-10-05: 40 new positive2026-10-05: 29 new negative2026-10-06: 34 new positive2026-10-06: 25 new negative2026-10-07: 53 new positive2026-10-07: 43 new negative2026-10-08: 54 new positive2026-10-08: 43 new negative2026-10-09: 42 new positive2026-10-09: 28 new negative2026-10-10: 41 new positive2026-10-10: 23 new negative2026-10-11: 51 new positive2026-10-11: 15 new negative2026-10-12: 43 new positive2026-10-12: 26 new negative2026-10-13: 72 new positive2026-10-13: 22 new negative2026-10-14: 30 new positive2026-10-14: 8 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$44.99$11.242023-10-262026-10-142023-10-26 — best price $40.492023-12-13 — best price $40.492024-03-04 — best price $44.992024-04-04 — best price $35.992024-06-04 — best price $33.742024-06-27 — best price $35.992024-08-01 — best price $44.992024-10-29 — best price $30.142024-11-27 — best price $30.142024-12-12 — best price $26.992025-01-03 — best price $44.992025-03-04 — best price $24.742025-03-20 — best price $44.992025-05-29 — best price $22.492025-06-12 — best price $22.492025-09-09 — best price $22.492025-10-06 — best price $44.992025-11-10 — best price $22.492025-12-18 — best price $22.492026-02-19 — best price $11.242026-03-02 — best price $44.992026-04-01 — best price $11.242026-04-17 — best price $11.242026-05-19 — best price $11.242026-06-25 — best price $11.242026-08-20 — best price $11.242026-09-02 — best price $11.242026-09-23 — best price $44.992026-10-14 — best price $11.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3681212026-05-28 — 212 pageviews2026-06-01 — 355 pageviews2026-06-05 — 180 pageviews2026-06-09 — 180 pageviews2026-06-13 — 185 pageviews2026-06-17 — 164 pageviews2026-06-21 — 208 pageviews2026-06-25 — 201 pageviews2026-06-29 — 232 pageviews2026-07-03 — 248 pageviews2026-07-07 — 254 pageviews2026-07-11 — 301 pageviews2026-07-15 — 196 pageviews2026-07-19 — 217 pageviews2026-07-23 — 187 pageviews2026-07-27 — 169 pageviews2026-07-31 — 154 pageviews2026-08-04 — 159 pageviews2026-08-08 — 147 pageviews2026-08-12 — 134 pageviews2026-08-16 — 203 pageviews2026-08-20 — 141 pageviews2026-08-24 — 159 pageviews2026-08-28 — 204 pageviews2026-09-01 — 224 pageviews2026-09-05 — 234 pageviews2026-09-09 — 157 pageviews2026-09-13 — 179 pageviews2026-09-17 — 123 pageviews2026-09-21 — 140 pageviews2026-09-25 — 147 pageviews2026-09-29 — 124 pageviews2026-10-03 — 178 pageviews2026-10-07 — 145 pageviews2026-10-11 — 167 pageviews2026-10-13 — 156 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

21k3872026-10-01 03:34 — 763 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 3,824 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 1,255 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 723 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 3,825 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 1,097 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 477 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 4,501 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 1,674 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 460 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 1,360 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 387 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 1,334 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 901 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 573 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 1,392 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 1,000 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 722 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 1,623 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 610 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 1,083 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 869 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 554 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 1,217 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 1,205 viewers2026-10-10 10:12 — 16,860 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 6,229 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 1,477 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 737 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 2,174 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 1,639 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 1,540 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 1,040 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 652 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 942 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 568 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 854 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 1,121 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 639 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…

Post-launch support: 20 DLC released, first 2024-04-02, latest 2026-07-03 (Steam store data)

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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