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PixARK cover art

PixARK

Snail Games USA · 2019-05-31

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualMassively MultiplayerRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 31, 2019 (Xbox One), May 31, 2019 (PlayStation 4), May 31, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!

PixARK is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 13626 reviews).

304
playing now
72%
positive of 14k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
3.57★
PlayStation Store rating (947 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

304 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

PixARK is a survival video game that was released on March 27, 2018 in early access for Microsoft Windows. A spin-off of Ark: Survival Evolved, the game can be played in both single-player and multiplayer modes.

Trailer

PixARK trailer thumbnail

PixARK - Official Trailer!

≈229,934 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 304 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 446 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~56/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,421 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 343k–823k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,714 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-08-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 20 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
88488420182026Week of 2018-03-01: 646 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 313 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 884 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 537 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9691552026-09-15 12:00 — 530 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 243 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 329 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 466 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 298 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 281 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 315 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 279 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 301 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 429 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 257 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 155 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 379 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 651 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 226 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 709 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 677 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 170 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 474 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 969 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 257 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 331 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 596 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 304 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.7k3Jan 2018Aug 2026Jan 2018 — avg 4 · peak 7Apr 2018 — avg 5,706 · peak 14,014Jul 2018 — avg 371 · peak 791Oct 2018 — avg 184 · peak 389Jan 2019 — avg 354 · peak 685Apr 2019 — avg 214 · peak 442Jul 2019 — avg 389 · peak 783Oct 2019 — avg 262 · peak 559Jan 2020 — avg 314 · peak 562Apr 2020 — avg 309 · peak 619Jul 2020 — avg 248 · peak 463Oct 2020 — avg 161 · peak 311Jan 2021 — avg 431 · peak 890Apr 2021 — avg 230 · peak 445Jul 2021 — avg 375 · peak 891Oct 2021 — avg 173 · peak 602Jan 2022 — avg 442 · peak 1,063Apr 2022 — avg 264 · peak 782Jul 2022 — avg 409 · peak 936Oct 2022 — avg 174 · peak 553Jan 2023 — avg 287 · peak 533Apr 2023 — avg 169 · peak 536Jul 2023 — avg 289 · peak 576Oct 2023 — avg 192 · peak 963Jan 2024 — avg 259 · peak 642Apr 2024 — avg 137 · peak 402Jul 2024 — avg 230 · peak 456Oct 2024 — avg 162 · peak 564Jan 2025 — avg 239 · peak 575Apr 2025 — avg 124 · peak 255Jul 2025 — avg 177 · peak 376Oct 2025 — avg 144 · peak 387Jan 2026 — avg 133 · peak 289Apr 2026 — avg 147 · peak 363Jul 2026 — avg 264 · peak 568Aug 2026 — avg 422 · peak 2,752
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
11112026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 6 new positive2026-09-21: 11 new negative2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 7 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 5 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$0.002018-03-282026-10-142018-03-28 — best price $19.992019-02-04 — best price $14.992019-06-10 — best price $39.992019-07-23 — best price $33.592019-08-09 — best price $39.992019-09-16 — best price $0.002019-11-05 — best price $39.992019-11-16 — best price $19.792019-12-10 — best price $19.682020-01-02 — best price $39.992020-01-20 — best price $33.262020-02-07 — best price $17.602020-02-16 — best price $16.242020-02-28 — best price $39.992020-06-25 — best price $19.992020-11-13 — best price $39.992021-02-15 — best price $39.992021-07-29 — best price $9.592021-11-07 — best price $39.992022-02-03 — best price $39.992022-05-30 — best price $17.192022-10-17 — best price $9.992023-01-23 — best price $9.992023-06-05 — best price $9.992023-10-26 — best price $9.992024-01-17 — best price $9.992024-04-22 — best price $39.992024-09-05 — best price $39.992025-02-14 — best price $9.992025-06-05 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $8.592026-03-19 — best price $8.592026-09-09 — best price $8.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6772026-05-21 — 13 pageviews2026-05-25 — 15 pageviews2026-05-29 — 25 pageviews2026-06-02 — 14 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 13 pageviews2026-06-18 — 17 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 24 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 39 pageviews2026-07-08 — 15 pageviews2026-07-12 — 25 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 15 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 21 pageviews2026-08-01 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 15 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 18 pageviews2026-08-17 — 19 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-25 — 22 pageviews2026-08-29 — 42 pageviews2026-09-02 — 23 pageviews2026-09-06 — 38 pageviews2026-09-10 — 20 pageviews2026-09-14 — 25 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 9 pageviews2026-09-26 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 16 pageviews2026-10-04 — 28 pageviews2026-10-08 — 15 pageviews2026-10-12 — 13 pageviews2026-10-13 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1002026-10-01 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
43.8%
earned "First Show"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing10 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, French, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Korean, Turkish, Polish, Japanese…

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2019-08-20, latest 2026-08-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)7,92447%32
PS4 (PlayStation)5,38919%33
Steam (Steam)4,3380%37
Switch (Nintendo)240%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—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

RPGVoxelActionCasualSandboxBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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