Ark: Survival Evolved

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Released Aug 27, 2017

By: Studio Wildcard, Snail Games, Snail Games USA

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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.

Genres: Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG)Shooter Simulator
Platforms: Android Google Stadia Linux Mac Nintendo Switch PC (Microsoft Windows)PlayStation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X|S iOS
Themes: Action Open world Sandbox Survival
Collections: Ark
Game modes: Battle Royale Co-operative Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)Multiplayer Single player Split screen
Perspectives: First person Third person Virtual Reality
Engines: Unreal Engine 4
Keywords: action-adventure building crafting dinosaur riding dinosaurs online pax east 2016 pax prime 2015 pax west 2016 pax west 2017 pre-release public testing prehistoric previously on - stadia pro valve anti-cheat xbox one x enhanced xbox play anywhere
Languages: Chinese (Simplified) · Audio, Subtitles, Interface Chinese (Traditional) · Interface, Audio, Subtitles Czech · Audio, Interface Danish · Subtitles, Interface, Audio Dutch · Subtitles, Audio, Interface English · Subtitles, Audio, Interface English (UK) · Interface, Subtitles, Audio Finnish · Interface, Audio French · Audio, Interface, Subtitles German · Interface, Subtitles, Audio Hungarian · Audio, Interface Italian · Interface, Audio, Subtitles Japanese · Subtitles, Interface, Audio Korean · Audio, Interface Polish · Audio, Interface Portuguese (Brazil) · Subtitles, Audio, Interface Portuguese (Portugal) · Interface, Subtitles Russian · Audio, Subtitles, Interface Spanish (Mexico) · Subtitles, Interface Spanish (Spain) · Audio, Subtitles, Interface Swedish · Interface, Audio Thai · Interface, Audio Turkish · Audio, Interface, Subtitles Ukrainian · Audio, Interface
Age ratings: ACB MA 15+CERO D ESRB T GRAC 19+PEGI 16
Multiplayer: Online co-op Online multiplayer

Complete release history (23)

PC (Microsoft Windows) · Jun 2, 2015
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Mac · Jun 28, 2015
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Linux · Jul 1, 2015
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Xbox One · Dec 16, 2015
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PlayStation 4 · Dec 6, 2016
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Linux · Aug 27, 2017
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Mac · Aug 27, 2017
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PC (Microsoft Windows) · Aug 27, 2017
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PlayStation 4 · Aug 29, 2017
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PlayStation 4 · Aug 29, 2017
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Xbox One · Aug 29, 2017
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Xbox One · Aug 29, 2017
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PlayStation 4 · Aug 31, 2017
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Xbox One · Aug 31, 2017
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PlayStation 4 · Jan 26, 2018
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Xbox One · Feb 21, 2018
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Android · Jun 14, 2018
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iOS · Jun 14, 2018
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Nintendo Switch · Nov 20, 2018
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Nintendo Switch · Nov 30, 2018
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Xbox Series X|S · Oct 28, 2020
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Google Stadia · Sep 1, 2021
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Nintendo Switch · Feb 24, 2023
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