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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)

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!

1,892
playing now
73%
positive of 13k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,892 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,892 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 9% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 330k–793k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,217 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.59 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (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

2.1k872026-08-06 22:00 — 111 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 197 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 259 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 87 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 218 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 266 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 92 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 238 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 274 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 112 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 211 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 240 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 90 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 215 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 254 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 112 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 202 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 300 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 126 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 174 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 226 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 115 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 195 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 254 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 128 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 136 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,249 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1,330 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,892 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002018-03-282026-08-262018-03-28 — 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 $8.592026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3972026-05-21 — 13 pageviews2026-05-24 — 15 pageviews2026-05-27 — 27 pageviews2026-05-30 — 14 pageviews2026-06-02 — 14 pageviews2026-06-05 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 15 pageviews2026-06-11 — 22 pageviews2026-06-14 — 13 pageviews2026-06-17 — 13 pageviews2026-06-20 — 15 pageviews2026-06-23 — 17 pageviews2026-06-26 — 24 pageviews2026-06-29 — 21 pageviews2026-07-02 — 22 pageviews2026-07-05 — 20 pageviews2026-07-08 — 15 pageviews2026-07-11 — 16 pageviews2026-07-14 — 16 pageviews2026-07-17 — 22 pageviews2026-07-20 — 15 pageviews2026-07-23 — 17 pageviews2026-07-26 — 15 pageviews2026-07-29 — 15 pageviews2026-08-01 — 16 pageviews2026-08-04 — 14 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 18 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 13 pageviews2026-08-22 — 19 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

98502026-08-26 19:15 — 2 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 147 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 562 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 537 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 582 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 752 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 141 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 369 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 303 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 121 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 350 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 524 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 165 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 304 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 74 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 478 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 5 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…

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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