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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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Chaotic dinosaur battle royale” (17 of 79 reviews); the most common complaint is “Dead or nearly empty playerbase” (14). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
17 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“▬▬ | Graphics | ▬▬ ☑️ You forget what reality is 🔳 Beautiful 🔳 Stylistic 🔳 Good 🔳 Decent 🔳 Bad 🔳 Don‘t look too long at it 🔳 Other: ▬▬ | Gameplay | ▬▬ ☑️ Very good 🔳️ Good 🔳 It‘s just gameplay 🔳 Mehh 🔳 Watch paint dry…”
4 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“▬▬ | Graphics | ▬▬ ☑️ You forget what reality is 🔳 Beautiful 🔳 Stylistic 🔳 Good 🔳 Decent 🔳 Bad 🔳 Don‘t look too long at it 🔳 Other: ▬▬ | Gameplay | ▬▬ ☑️ Very good 🔳️ Good 🔳 It‘s just gameplay 🔳 Mehh 🔳 Watch paint dry…”
“Its Ark so betufl a quote written by ben”
4 of the 79 reviews raise this.
14 of the 79 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
7 of the 79 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
6 of the 79 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
6 of the 79 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Spent forty minutes taming a dinosaur just to get headshot by a guy named 'DinoDung' while my game lagged into the shadow realm. It's a buggy, unoptimized disaster and I’ve never had more fun losing everything in my…”
4 of the 79 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“▬▬ | Graphics | ▬▬ ☑️ You forget what reality is 🔳 Beautiful 🔳 Stylistic 🔳 Good 🔳 Decent 🔳 Bad 🔳 Don‘t look too long at it 🔳 Other: ▬▬ | Gameplay | ▬▬ ☑️ Very good 🔳️ Good 🔳 It‘s just gameplay 🔳 Mehh 🔳 Watch paint dry…”
“Spent forty minutes taming a dinosaur just to get headshot by a guy named 'DinoDung' while my game lagged into the shadow realm. It's a buggy, unoptimized disaster and I’ve never had more fun losing everything in my…”
Counted across 79 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 66.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“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 data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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!
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/455236206129343287/45FC18CD445ED87E21FF6F67EE601172C1E785D9/ The ARK: Survival of the Fittest All Stars plus Naughty & Nice matches will take place from 1
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 2026-05-12.
| 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… |
| 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