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ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest
ARK: The Survival of the Fittest is a prototype spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved, pitting up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for survival, where players are ultimately pushed into an epic final showdown leading their Dinosaur Armies into battle.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“A fun competitive spin on the ARK formula. Taming dinosaurs and fighting other players is a chaotic good time. Doesn't have the depth of the main game but as a standalone competitive experience it's entertaining while it lasts.”
— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played“Take fortnite and shoot yourself while making the game”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“A bit of a cash grab. It utilises the engine for Ark Survival Evolved and turns it into an instanced battle royale. I had a few goes on it before I realised I stood no chance, so didn't get much enjoyment out of it. You can draw your own logo on a flag though, which is pretty…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:27 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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TSOTF - A Recap of Changes Since Launch
It's been a joy to watch the community participate in TSOTF matches this past week! We've seen several nail-biting matches and clever uses of the new mechanics that TSOTF provides. It is a memorable e
Introducing: ARK: The Survival of the Fittest!
We are excited to announce that ARK: The Survival of the Fittest prototype is now available on Steam! ‘ARK: The Survival of the Fittest’ is a prototype spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved, pitting up to
ARK: Survival of the Fittest All Stars & Naugty and Nice!
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ARK: Survival of the Fittest All Stars & Naugty and Nice!
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ARK: Survival of the Fittest Update
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/455236206129343287/45FC18CD445ED87E21FF6F67EE601172C1E785D9/ ARK: Survival of the Fittest initially started as the original Total Conversion for ARK: Surv
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Survival · Dinosaurs · Multiplayer · Open World · Action · Adventure · Massively Multiplayer · PvP · Dragons · Early Access · Crafting (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Czech * , Danish * , Dutch * , Finnish * , Hungarian * , Japanese * , Korean * , Polish * , Portuguese - Br… |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.playark.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-Bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, or Windows 8/10 Processor: 2 GHz Dual-Core 64-bit CPU Memory: 4000 MB RAM Graphics: GTX 500 or Above DirectX10 Compatible GPU with 2 GB or More Video RAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 37000 MB available space