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ARK: Survival Evolved

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App ID 346110
App Type Game
Developer , , ,
Publisher Studio Wildcard, Snail Games USA
Franchise Snail Games USA
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies BattlEye AntiCheat, Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber 29711303
Last Record Update 23 June 2025 – 21:03:44 UTC ()
Release Date 29 August 2017 – 15:08:00 UTC ()
😎 83.31%
735k reviews
20,978
In-Game

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!

Additional Information

Developer Studio Wildcard
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metacritic_name ARK: Survival Evolved
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metacritic_score 70
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/ark-survival-evolved?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
serverbrowsername ARK: Survival Evolved
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Studio Wildcard
Store Release Date 27 August 2017 – 18:00:00 UTC ()
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Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), Massively Multiplayer (29), RPG (3)
Steam Release Date 29 August 2017 – 15:08:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 2 June 2025 – 17:12:34 UTC () (1748884354)
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Detected Technologies (?) BattlEye AntiCheat, Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Ansel SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, Ogg SDK, OpenSSL SDK, Protocol_Buffers SDK, Qt SDK, Vivox SDK, Vorbis SDK, XAudio2 SDK, trueSKY SDK
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Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 16 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8189133
  • configuration:
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First seen on SteamDB 23 January 2015 – 02:14:07 UTC (), in changelist #859517
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

21 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes Yes
Danish Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Swedish Yes Yes
Thai Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes
Ukrainian Yes Yes Yes
Finnish Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🌎 Open World Survival Craft 🌲 Survival 🕹️ Multiplayer 🌍 Open World 🦖 Dinosaurs 🔧 Crafting 🏠 Building 🗺️ Adventure 🏠 Base Building 🤝 Co-op 💥 Action 🧱 Sandbox 🙌 First-Person 🫶 Massively Multiplayer 👤 Singleplayer 🐤 Early Access 🎲 RPG 🐲 Dragons 🚀 Sci-fi 🌱 Indie

Categories

Single-player MMO Steam Achievements Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Includes level editor Remote Play on Tablet Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op Valve Anti-Cheat Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support Native Steam Controller

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Steam charts

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  • 20,978 players right now
  • 39,026 24-hour peak
  • 248,405 all-time peak 19 June 2022
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  • 1,607,870 followers
  • 617,178 positive reviews
  • 118,506 negative reviews
  • 83.89% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 1,927 viewers right now
  • 2,039 24-hour peak
  • 405,653 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 83.31% SteamDB Rating
  • 617,178 83.9% positive reviews
  • 118,506 16.1% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
29 August 2017 – 15:08 Steam Release -
5 February 2016 – 19:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: March 2016 Humble Monthly #5 -
28 July 2016 – 17:00 Free Weekend -
6 November 2018 – 18:00 Free Week -
27 February 2020 – 18:00 Free Weekend -
5 November 2020 – 18:00 Free Weekend -
3 June 2021 – 17:00 Free Weekend -
16 December 2021 – 18:00 Free Weekend -
12 June 2022 – 17:00 Free To Keep -

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How many players are playing ARK: Survival Evolved right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 20978 players live playing ARK: Survival Evolved on Steam.

ARK: Survival Evolved had an all-time peak of 248405 concurrent players on 19 June 2022.

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