Ark: Survival Ascended

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• Xbox Series X and Series S

Genres

• massively multiplayer online role-playing game

• survival game

• action game

• action-adventure game

Play modes

• co-op mode

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• Indie^*
• Massively Multiplayer^*
• RPG^*
• Early Access^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• MMO^*
• PvP^*
• Online PvP^*
• LAN PvP^*
• Co-op^*
• Online Co-op^*
• LAN Co-op^*
• Shared/Split Screen Co-op^*
• Shared/Split Screen^*
• Cross-Platform Multiplayer^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Includes level editor^*
• Remote Play Together^*
• Family Sharing^*
• Local co-op^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Danish^*
• Dutch^*
• Japanese^*
• Korean^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Portuguese - Portugal^*
• Russian^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Spanish - Latin America^*
• Traditional Chinese^*
• Turkish^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Turkish^*

Community tags · historical

• Early Access^*

  Votes · historical

  1,141^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  1,037^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  929^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  838^*

• Dinosaurs^*

  Votes · historical

  821^*

• Building^*

  Votes · historical

  729^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  717^*

• Base-Building^*

  Votes · historical

  708^*

• Crafting^*

  Votes · historical

  703^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  657^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  633^*

• Character Customization^*

  Votes · historical

  574^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  546^*

• PvE^*

  Votes · historical

  540^*

• PvP^*

  Votes · historical

  539^*

• Massively Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  521^*

• Inventory Management^*

  Votes · historical

  502^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  405^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  399^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  399^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows 10/11 with updates^*

  Processor alternatives

  AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K^*

  Memory

  16 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 1080^*

  Graphics API

  Version 12^*

  Network

  Broadband Internet connection^*

  Storage

  70 GB available space^*

  Conditions

  SSD Required^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K^*

  Memory

  32 GB^*

  Graphics alternatives

  AMD Radeon RX 6800, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  32 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  92^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Studio Wildcard

• Grove Street Games^*
• Instinct Games^*

Publishers

• Studio Wildcard

• Snail Games USA^*

• 2023-10-26

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  worldwide

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Oct 25, 2023^*

Detailed specifications