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    Ark: Survival Evolved

    Studio Wildcard · 2017 · 10 platforms

    Ark: Survival Evolved

    Ark: Survival Evolved is an open-world action-adventure survival game where players awaken stranded on a mysterious island populated by dinosaurs, prehistoric creatures, and mythical beasts.

    SimulatorIndieRole-playing (RPG)AdventureShooter

    01 — About

    The story

    Ark: Survival Evolved is an open-world action-adventure survival game where players awaken stranded on a mysterious island populated by dinosaurs, prehistoric creatures, and mythical beasts. Gameplay revolves around gathering resources, crafting tools and structures, and taming creatures that can be ridden or used for combat and transportation. The game supports both single-player and multiplayer modes, with multiplayer servers allowing players to form tribes and compete or cooperate. Several expansion packs add new maps and storylines, and the game spawned an animated series, a remaster in Unreal Engine 5 titled Ark: Survival Ascended, and a planned sequel.

    Players awaken on a mysterious island called the Ark with no memory of how they arrived. Surrounded by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, they must survive while uncovering the island's secrets through scattered explorer notes left by previous inhabitants. As survivors progress through increasingly difficult boss encounters, they begin to piece together the truth about the Ark and the technology sustaining it. The deeper story, revealed through expansion packs, follows survivors as they travel from the island to an underground alien world, a corrupted future Earth, and eventually aboard a massive colony ship traveling through deep space in search of a new home for humanity.

    02 — At a glance

    Metascore

    70/100

    Good — solid recommendations from the press.

    Age

    PEGI 16+

    Released

    Aug 27 2017

    Platforms

    AndroidPC (Microsoft Windows)Xbox OneiOSMacNintendo SwitchLinuxXbox Series X|SGoogle StadiaPlayStation 4

    Developer

    Studio Wildcard

    Genres

    SimulatorIndieRole-playing (RPG)AdventureShooter

    03 — World & gameplay

    Technical sheet

    Classification

    Franchise
    • Ark
    Themes
    • Action
    • Open world
    • Sandbox
    • Survival
    Game modes
    • Battle royale
    • Co-operative
    • MMO
    • Multiplayer
    • Single player
    • Split screen
    Perspective
    • First person
    • Third person
    • Virtual reality
    Engine
    • Unreal Engine 4

    Multiplayer

    • OnlineUp to 127 players
    • Online co-opUp to 127 players

    Links

    • Official website(opens in a new tab)
    • Steam(opens in a new tab)
    • Epic Games Store(opens in a new tab)
    • Xbox(opens in a new tab)
    • PlayStation(opens in a new tab)
    • Nintendo(opens in a new tab)
    • App Store (iPhone)(opens in a new tab)
    • App Store (iPad)(opens in a new tab)
    • Google Play(opens in a new tab)
    • Wikipedia(opens in a new tab)
    • Community wiki(opens in a new tab)
    • Discord(opens in a new tab)
    • Reddit(opens in a new tab)
    • YouTube(opens in a new tab)
    • Twitch(opens in a new tab)
    • X (Twitter)(opens in a new tab)
    • Facebook(opens in a new tab)
    • Instagram(opens in a new tab)

    04 — Age ratings

    Mature audiences

    PEGI16+

    PEGI 16

    PEGI

    Content descriptors

    • Strong Language
    ACB15+

    ACB MA 15+

    ACB

    CERO17+

    CERO D

    CERO

    Content descriptors

    • Language
    ESRB13+

    Teen

    ESRB

    Content descriptors

    • Partial Nudity
    • Blood
    GRAC18+

    GRAC 18

    GRAC

    Content descriptors

    • Suggestive Themes

    05 — Languages

    Available worldwide

    20 languages supported

    LanguageInterfaceAudioSubtitles
    English
    French
    Italian
    German
    Spanish
    Russian
    Portuguese
    Dutch
    Turkish
    Japanese
    Chinese (Simplified)
    Polish—
    Korean—
    Czech—
    Thai—
    Danish
    Swedish—
    Finnish—
    Hungarian—
    Ukrainian—

    06 — How long is this game?

    Source: HowLongToBeat

    Estimated duration

    • Main Story12.0h
    • Main + Extras1486.0h

    07 — Media

    See it in action

    14 screenshots · 5 videos

    Ark: Survival Evolved screenshot
    Ark: Survival Evolved screenshot
    Ark: Survival Evolved screenshot
    Gamescom 2015 Trailer

    Gamescom 2015 Trailer

    Trailer

    Trailer

    Trailer

    Trailer

    Trailer

    Trailer

    08 — Editions

    Pick your version

    Ultimate Survivor Edition

    Ultimate Survivor Edition

    ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition includes base game ARK: Survival Evolved and the following Expansion Packs: - Scorched Earth - Aberration - Extinction - Genesis Parts 1 & 2. As an additional bonus, this compilation also includes original soundtracks containing the music of ARK as composed by Gareth Coker.

    Limited Collector's Edition

    Limited Collector's Edition

    This package includes: - Ark: Survival Evolved Game - Season Pass with all 3 Expansion Packs - Handcrafted leather-bound Explorer's Notebook, featuring the Dossiers of every creature you’ll find in “ARK: Survival Evolved” - Official ARK necklace - Cloth map of the ARK island - Development team poster - Collectible faux-wooden chest packaging

    Explorer's Edition

    Explorer's Edition

    Combining the base game with 3 massive Expansion Packs, ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition is a ultimate way to get even more dinosaur action! The Explorer's Edition gives you access to the mega hit ARK: Survival Evolved as well as the Scorched Earth, Aberration, and Extinction Expansion Packs, adding nearly 900 hours of gameplay!

    09 — Expansions

    DLC & extensions

    Ark: Survival Evolved: Explorer's Edition

    Oct 4, 2017

    Ark: Survival Evolved: Explorer's Edition

    Combining the base game with 3 massive Expansion Packs, ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition is a ultimate way to get even more dinosaur action! The Explorer's Edition gives you access to the mega hit ARK: Survival Evolved as well as the Scorched Earth, Aberration, and Extinction Expansion Packs, adding nearly 900 hours of gameplay!

    Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition

    May 27, 2021

    Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition

    ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition includes base game ARK: Survival Evolved and the following Expansion Packs: - Scorched Earth - Aberration - Extinction - Genesis Parts 1 & 2. As an additional bonus, this compilation also includes original soundtracks containing the music of ARK as composed by Gareth Coker.

    Ark: The Center

    May 17, 2016

    Ark: The Center

    The Center is a free add-on for ARK: Survival Evolved that includes a massive new map for survivors to explore, nearly double the size of the playable geography of the standard ARK Island landscape making it about 70 sq. kilometers. The Center complements the current ARK biomes with a rich, hand-drawn Tolkien-esque aesthetic.

    Ark: Scorched Earth

    Sep 1, 2016

    Ark: Scorched Earth

    Stranded naked, dehydrated & starving in a vast desert, even the most seasoned ARK survivors must quickly find water, hunt for food, harvest, craft items, and build shelter to have any chance for survival. Use skills honed on ARK's faraway Island to kill, tame, breed, and ride the mysterious new creatures that have evolved to survive the Desert's ultra harsh conditions, including... DRAGONS! Travel back and forth between the Island and the Desert to team up with hundreds of players across both worlds or play locally!

    Ark: Ragnarok

    Jun 17, 2017

    Ark: Ragnarok

    Journey through an expansive 144 sq. kilometer environment where elements from The Island, Scorched Earth, and all new biomes are combined to bring the ultimate survivor experience. Whether tackling the extreme cold atop the highest mountains, harvesting resources from an active volcano, or just searching for that perfect base location, Ragnarok plays host to explorers and base builders alike. But survivors beware, Ragnarok houses such creatures as Polar Bears, Ice Wyverns, and a mystical creature many have yet to tame in the ARK universe. Ragnarok boasts many unique features such as: custom explorer notes, challenging dungeons, dungeon bosses, active hot springs, unique pickup-able/harvestable resources, new biomes, an active volcano, unique tree platform locations, environmental traps, unique ruins, and so much more combined with a beautiful world to explore.

    Ark: Aberration

    Dec 12, 2017

    Ark: Aberration

    Waking up on ‘Aberration’, a derelict, malfunctioning ARK with an elaborate underground biome system, survivors face exotic new challenges unlike anything before: extreme radioactive sunlight and environmental hazards, ziplines, wingsuits, climbing gear, cave dwellings, charge-batteries, and far more, along with a stable of extraordinary new creatures await within the mysterious depths. But beware the ‘Nameless’: unrelenting, Element-infused humanoids which have evolved into vicious light-hating monstrosities! On Aberration, survivors will uncover the ultimate secrets of the ARKs, and discover what the future holds in store for those strong and clever enough to survive!

    Ark: Extinction

    Nov 6, 2018

    Ark: Extinction

    Finish your journey through the worlds of ARK in ‘Extinction’, where the story began and ends: on Earth itself! An Element-infested, ravaged planet filled with fantastical creatures both organic & technological, Earth holds both the secrets of the past and the keys to its salvation. As a veteran Survivor who has conquered all previous obstacles, your ultimate challenge awaits: can you defeat the gigantic roaming Titans which dominate the planet, and complete the ARK cycle to save Earth's future?

    Ark: Genesis

    Aug 8, 2019

    Ark: Genesis

    The massive “ARK: Genesis Part 1” expansion includes: Waking up within a virtual simulation, you must survive in a world unlike anything you’ve seen before! ARK: Genesis represents a new, story-oriented beginning in ARK’s epic saga of survival. With a strangely familiar companion, you must overcome the simulation’s rigorous tests. Only by fighting, building, taming, and exploring will you uncover the secrets behind this forbidding place.

    Ark: Lost Colony

    Dec 19, 2025

    Ark: Lost Colony

    Plunge through the icy heart of darkness as you reunite with old legends, while rekindling hope for the next generation. ARK: Lost Colony bridges the gap between Extinction and ARK 2 with the most ambitious narrative experience in the franchise's history.

    12 — Price history

    Last 90 days

    13 — Community voice

    What players say

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