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ARK: Survival Evolved cover art

ARK: Survival Evolved

Studio Wildcard · 2017-08-27

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ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale

Releases: Jun 14, 2018 (Android), Sep 01, 2021 (Google Stadia), Oct 28, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 31, 2017 (Xbox One), Aug 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 29, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

14,039
playing now
83%
positive of 776k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
513
twitch viewers (latest)
69/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (260 ratings)
61/100
opencritic · weak · 13% recommend
1486h
to beat · rushed 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.89
steam price (US)

14,039 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Ark: Survival Evolved is a 2017 action-adventure survival video game developed by Studio Wildcard. In the game, players must survive being stranded on one of several maps filled with roaming dinosaurs, fictional fantasy monsters, and other prehistoric animals, natural hazards, and potentially hostile human players.

Trailer

ARK: Survival Evolved trailer thumbnail

ARK: Survival Evolved Official Launch Trailer!

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 14,039 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22,241 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,780/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 19M–47M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 776,278 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Microsoft Store (2023-07-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $10.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14k14k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 1,774 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 584 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1,609 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 640 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1,234 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 481 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 909 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 295 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 885 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,929 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 857 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,380 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 513 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 848 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 678 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5,770 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 744 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,350 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 564 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,156 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 514 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 975 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 399 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 916 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 442 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4,440 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 676 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5,439 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 614 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,096 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 504 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2,031 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12,160 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 929 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9,947 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 930 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9,016 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 905 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7,700 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,118 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13,694 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,121 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12,234 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,937 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7,203 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 911 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8,033 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,066 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6,565 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 825 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4,638 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 589 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4,663 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 516 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4,170 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 533 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9,676 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,052 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7,407 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 851 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7,859 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 814 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7,337 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 774 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4,784 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 564 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4,260 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 453 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5,068 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 582 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12,900 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,710 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7,253 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 940 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6,252 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 776 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4,244 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 494 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4,477 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 474 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5,911 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 559 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8,974 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,038 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8,318 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 878 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5,259 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 552 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4,353 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 474 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6,344 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 659 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5,067 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 514 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9,084 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,553 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5,647 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 673 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4,134 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 849 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3,418 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 451 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3,377 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 369 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,666 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 434 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5,220 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 513 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6,346 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 679 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3,811 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 491 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4,033 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 412 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3,725 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,364 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3,243 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,119 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4,249 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 626 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5,456 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 692 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3,778 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 490 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3,314 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 374 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4,037 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 495 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,836 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,595 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,897 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,491 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,680 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,499 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,344 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,728 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,812 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,818 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,337 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,396 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,560 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,965 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3,336 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,785 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,993 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,329 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,518 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4,744 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 584 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3,425 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,111 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,123 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 950 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,527 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 443 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,281 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 558 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,993 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,319 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 520 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,494 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 511 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,159 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 413 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,258 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 436 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,251 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 428 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,177 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 401 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2,217 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 387 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,782 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 488 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,827 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 320 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

26k11k2026-08-06 21:00 — 15,297 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 14,177 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 21,798 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 16,871 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 16,518 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 23,921 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 18,397 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 17,970 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 25,699 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 18,430 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 14,565 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 23,760 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 15,071 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 14,365 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 22,985 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 14,417 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 12,972 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 22,049 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 19,021 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 13,277 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 17,244 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 16,342 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 14,159 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 20,296 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 18,999 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 11,922 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 15,786 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 20,515 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 14,039 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$0.002015-06-032026-08-272015-06-03 — best price $24.892015-10-06 — best price $20.092016-01-04 — best price $29.992016-06-23 — best price $16.492016-11-29 — best price $29.992017-06-05 — best price $29.992017-12-18 — best price $35.992018-02-15 — best price $19.792018-09-11 — best price $59.992018-10-29 — best price $49.992018-11-27 — best price $44.972018-12-21 — best price $19.992019-01-30 — best price $49.992019-03-02 — best price $19.802019-03-28 — best price $19.992019-04-24 — best price $44.992019-05-19 — best price $49.992019-07-01 — best price $17.502019-07-17 — best price $49.992019-08-10 — best price $44.992019-08-31 — best price $44.992019-11-11 — best price $44.992019-12-03 — best price $49.992019-12-16 — best price $44.992020-01-13 — best price $44.992020-01-27 — best price $49.992020-02-12 — best price $54.012020-02-25 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $49.992020-12-11 — best price $9.992021-04-01 — best price $9.992022-06-10 — best price $9.892023-04-06 — best price $18.292026-08-27 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5983542026-05-30 — 494 pageviews2026-06-02 — 540 pageviews2026-06-05 — 472 pageviews2026-06-08 — 478 pageviews2026-06-11 — 459 pageviews2026-06-14 — 499 pageviews2026-06-17 — 366 pageviews2026-06-20 — 408 pageviews2026-06-23 — 457 pageviews2026-06-26 — 489 pageviews2026-06-29 — 469 pageviews2026-07-02 — 399 pageviews2026-07-05 — 569 pageviews2026-07-08 — 502 pageviews2026-07-11 — 584 pageviews2026-07-14 — 454 pageviews2026-07-17 — 473 pageviews2026-07-20 — 497 pageviews2026-07-23 — 469 pageviews2026-07-26 — 471 pageviews2026-07-29 — 384 pageviews2026-08-01 — 410 pageviews2026-08-04 — 443 pageviews2026-08-07 — 408 pageviews2026-08-10 — 421 pageviews2026-08-13 — 412 pageviews2026-08-16 — 520 pageviews2026-08-19 — 422 pageviews2026-08-22 — 355 pageviews2026-08-25 — 412 pageviews2026-08-27 — 418 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

795682026-08-27 23:34 — 286 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 265 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 130 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 156 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 109 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 137 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 85 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 135 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 564 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 428 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 477 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 275 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 528 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 775 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 174 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 229 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 466 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 585 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 570 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 646 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 766 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 485 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 288 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 572 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 650 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 126 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 239 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 312 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 513 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
57.2%
earned "Your first day..."
5.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudValve Anti-Cheat enabledIncludes level editor18 DLC

20 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)252,6632%33
Steam (Steam)107,2837%32
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)83,4126%33
Switch (Nintendo)2810%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Co-opActionSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureDinosaursOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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