ARK: Survival Evolved (Steam Game) Steam logo

Release DateAug 27, 2017
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83.4% (positive) / 82.9%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.7% Top 15% / 82.3%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)505.2K  Top 1% / 669.9K  Top 1%
Curators235 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time207.8 hours  Top 1%
Play Time per Dollar10.4 hours  Top 1%
Followers1.5M  Top 1%
Owners± 33.4M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 16.9M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 228.6M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of ARK: Survival Evolved steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows ARK: Survival Evolved's Steam rating and reviews between June 2015 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 68.4% (September 2017) and 82.9% (March 2023).

With 669.9K reviews Top 1%, ARK: Survival Evolved is definitely a major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for ARK: Survival Evolved and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows ARK: Survival Evolved's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (45%), followed by Simplified Chinese (11%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 29 different languages represented. The game has been translated in 21 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying ARK: Survival Evolved percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in ARK: Survival Evolved depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 981 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.6 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (825 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of ARK: Survival Evolved's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Visually stunning and immersive
  • Fun gameplay with friends
  • Huge variety of dinosaurs
  • Taming dinosaurs is wonderful
  • Loads of items to gather and craft
  • Boats and rafts add more fun to the game
  • Boss creatures add to challenge
  • Constantly updated with new content
  • Private servers and modding options
  • Multiple servers with different rule sets
  • No tutorial or tips on how to play
  • Insane system requirements for graphics
  • Glitches and bugs
  • Obnoxious PvP on official servers
  • Survival curve is difficult by default
  • Story and mix of tech with dinosaurs not satisfactory
  • Content bloat not cohesive
  • Not well polished
  • Players can be an issue with game enjoyment
  • Pandering to current trends

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 83.4% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of ARK: Survival Evolved's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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