ARK: Survival Evolved

27 Aug, 2017Steam Store

★ 83%579,085 reviews14.79 €

Open World Survival Craft Survival Multiplayer Open World Dinosaurs Crafting Building Adventure Base Building Co-op Action Sandbox First-Person Massively Multiplayer Singleplayer Early Access Dragons RPG Sci-fi Indie

Most distinctive niche

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Among all this game's genres, this is the one where players have the most distinctive taste — they rate games very differently from the average Steam gamer, suggesting a more passionate, selective community. It's not about what the game is most tagged as — it's about which of its communities has the most opinionated audience.

Adventure

Est. Revenue$000,000Unlock →

Copies Sold000,000Unlock →

Avg Playtime158.0h

Median Playtime19.1h

Reviewer Playtime Distribution

Playtime at review time for 500 Steam reviewers — non-reviewing owners excluded.

Mean significantly exceeds median — a small group of highly dedicated players is pulling the average up. A passionate minority logs hundreds of hours while most players finish their run or the whole story and move on. Classic pattern for sandboxes, roguelikes, and competitive games with infinite depth — the 'superfan tail' inflates the mean.

10th %ile8.7h

90th %ile604.0h

Median79.7h

Mean320.1h

MedianMeanP10–P90 range

Review History Summary

Monthly reviews — positive up, negative down. Dotted lines: Releases = EA · 1.0 · DLCs (soundtracks, radio, music EPs excluded). Hover a release date to see details in the tooltip.

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