To survive, players must establish a base, with a fire and weapons additional activities, such as taming and feeding dinosaurs, require more resources. The game received two spin-off games in March 2018- virtual reality game Ark Park and sandbox survival game PixArk-and two companion apps: A-Calc in October 2015, and Dododex in August 2017.Īrk: Survival Evolved is an action-adventure survival game set in an open world environment with a dynamic day-night cycle and played either from a third-person or first-person perspective. Several expansions to the game have been released as downloadable content. The game was officially released in August 2017 for Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, with versions for Android, iOS, and Nintendo Switch in 2018, a version for Stadia in 2021, and a second, separate Nintendo Switch version in 2022.Īrk: Survival Evolved received generally mixed reviews, with criticism for its "punishing" difficulty, reliance on grinding, and performance issues, particularly on the original Nintendo Switch version. Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, and Virtual Basement were hired to facilitate the game's development. The development team conducted research into the physical appearance of the animals but took a creative license for gameplay purposes. There is a PvE mode where players cannot fight each other unless a specific war event agreed upon by both parties is triggered.ĭevelopment began in October 2014, when it was first released on PC as an early access title in the middle of 2015. In this mode, all tamed dinosaurs and building structures are usually shared between the members. The max number of tribe mates varies from each server. Multiplayer allows the option to form tribes of players in a server. The game has both single-player and multiplayer options. Players can use firearms and improvised weapons to defend against hostile humans and creatures, with the ability to build bases as a defense on the ground and on some creatures. The game is played from either a third-person or first-person perspective and its open world is navigated by foot or by riding a prehistoric animal.
In the game, players must survive being stranded on one of several maps filled with roaming dinosaurs, fictional fantasy monsters, and other prehistoric animals, natural hazards, and potentially hostile human players. Ark: Survival Evolved (stylized as ARK) is a 2015 action-adventure survival video game developed by Studio Wildcard.
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