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ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest cover art

ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest

Studio Wildcard · 2017-08-29

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 15, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 15, 2016 (Linux), Mar 15, 2016 (Mac), Jul 19, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

ARK: The Survival of the Fittest is a prototype spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved, pitting up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for survival, where players are ultimately pushed into an epic final showdown leading their Dinosaur Armies into battle.

ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest is a 2017 Action, Adventure, Indie and Massively Multiplayer game with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000, and holds a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 11805 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

12
playing now
66%
positive of 12k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
15/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest trailer thumbnail

ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest - Console Launch Trailer

≈329,952 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 85 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (342 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 295k–708k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,805 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2025-06-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30430420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2602026-09-15 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.2k7Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 2,185 · peak 3,929Jul 2016 — avg 701 · peak 1,314Nov 2016 — avg 321 · peak 680Mar 2017 — avg 305 · peak 665Jul 2017 — avg 176 · peak 348Nov 2017 — avg 75 · peak 216Mar 2018 — avg 67 · peak 173Jul 2018 — avg 51 · peak 133Nov 2018 — avg 31 · peak 135Mar 2019 — avg 20 · peak 63Jul 2019 — avg 35 · peak 85Nov 2019 — avg 26 · peak 114Mar 2020 — avg 50 · peak 152Jul 2020 — avg 32 · peak 95Nov 2020 — avg 38 · peak 106Mar 2021 — avg 18 · peak 48Jul 2021 — avg 22 · peak 60Nov 2021 — avg 17 · peak 65Mar 2022 — avg 15 · peak 42Jul 2022 — avg 62 · peak 170Nov 2022 — avg 43 · peak 112Mar 2023 — avg 143 · peak 327Jul 2023 — avg 74 · peak 157Nov 2023 — avg 23 · peak 54Mar 2024 — avg 16 · peak 41Jul 2024 — avg 23 · peak 57Nov 2024 — avg 12 · peak 39Mar 2025 — avg 17 · peak 99Jul 2025 — avg 16 · peak 43Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 45Mar 2026 — avg 15 · peak 45Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$0.002016-03-162026-08-242016-03-16 — best price $0.002016-09-01 — best price $17.992016-11-01 — best price $29.992016-12-23 — best price $11.992017-02-06 — best price $29.992017-05-29 — best price $9.592017-07-05 — best price $29.992017-10-30 — best price $59.992017-12-12 — best price $23.992018-01-04 — best price $59.992018-08-31 — best price $49.992018-12-22 — best price $19.992019-02-12 — best price $49.992019-04-17 — best price $19.992019-07-11 — best price $49.992021-05-27 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $29.992021-11-24 — best price $9.892022-01-05 — best price $29.992022-04-11 — best price $9.892022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-09-12 — best price $6.592022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-23 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-08-31 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $4.942026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-04-04 — best price $9.892026-06-02 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $9.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerCo-opSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

19 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian…

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPRPGActionDragonsCraftingSurvivalAdventureDinosaursOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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