Released Oct 25, 2023 Early Access $44.99 Mixed Counts toward your Steam games

ARK: Survival Ascended

By Studio Wildcard

Survival Open World Multiplayer Dinosaurs Base Building Crafting Building Adventure SandboxActionCharacter CustomizationPvE

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Reviews 109k Mixed

Players yesterday 12,007 at the busiest moment

Owners 2M–5M estimated

ARK: Survival Ascended is a game tagged Survival, Open World and Multiplayer by Studio Wildcard, released Oct 25, 2023. It has 108,691 Steam reviews (Mixed). It has an estimated 2M–5M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include ARK 2, PixARK and ARK: Survival Evolved.

ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

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ARK 2 95% match · Survival, Open World, Multiplayer
PixARK 89% match · Survival, Open World, Multiplayer
ARK: Survival Evolved 87% match · Survival, Open World, Multiplayer
Conan Exiles - Public Beta Client 85% match · Survival, Open World, Multiplayer
Evolution Of The Ancients 84% match · Survival, Open World, Multiplayer
Hardcore Survival 83% match · Survival, Open World, Multiplayer
Better Late Than DEAD 78% match · Survival, Open World, Multiplayer
Port Town: Survival 78% match · Survival, Open World, Multiplayer
Solace Crafting 77% match · Survival, Open World, Multiplayer
Apexiom 77% match · Survival, Open World, Multiplayer

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for ARK: Survival Ascended · record updated 17 hours ago

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Overview

App ID2399830

Release dateOct 25, 2023

Last change number40209563

Last record update17 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games
Publisher: Studio Wildcard, Snail Games USA
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Snail Games USA
Technologies: Unreal Engine detected
Website: playark.com

Windows

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPCo-opSteam AchievementsOnline PvPLAN PvPOnline co-opLAN co-opShared/split screen co-opShared/split screenCross-platform multiplayerIncludes level editorRemote Play TogetherFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$44.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$44.99Oct 25, 2026

Checked1 day agoin 41 regions

China¥CNY

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
26154976	public_test_realm	Oct 23, 2026
26003405	public	Oct 17, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Price (US)
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Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228989	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
2399831	—	All	214.17 GB	194.76 GB	584530743530323878

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	26003405	Oct 17, 2026	Open
public_test_realm Try out the new stuff	26154976	Oct 23, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/ARK Survival Ascended

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscended_BE.exe	-VideoReplayEnabled=false	Windows · 64-bit	Launch ARK
ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscended.exe	-VideoReplayEnabled=false	Windows · 64-bit	Play ARK: No BattlEye AntiCheat, Unofficial Servers Only
ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ShooterGame-Win64-Shipping.exe	-VideoReplayEnabled=false	Windows · 64-bit	OLD launch exe (ignore)
ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ShooterGame.exe	-VideoReplayEnabled=false	Windows · 64-bit	Development mode, useful for collecting information excluded from shipping
ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscended_BE.exe	-VideoReplayEnabled=false -gpucrashdebugging -log	Windows · 64-bit	QA
ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscended.exe	-VideoReplayEnabled=false -gpucrashdebugging -log	Windows · 64-bit	QA No Battle Eye

Space per player1.86 GB

Filesup to 2,000

Save locations0

Data from public Steam pages, updated daily; 1 day of history. Owner counts are estimates. LaunchRivals is not affiliated with Valve or Steam.

ARK: Survival Ascended

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Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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