ARK: Survival Evolved
Last updated: 2026-01-28
- Engaging survival mechanics and immersive experience
- Open world with diverse dinosaur variety
- Satisfying crafting and building elements
- Poor optimization and performance issues
- Game plagued with bugs and crashes
- High learning curve and difficulty with taming
Emotions
Frustration37%Disappointment14%Anger10%Excitement8%Joy6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 757,887
- Positive
- 631,50783.3%
- Negative
- 126,38016.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 56,451,419
- Estimated revenue
- $846,206,771
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 6601.32%
- Estimated copies lost
- 49,160
- Estimated revenue lost
- $736,908
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 6631.3% Avg playtime 0.8h | 4720.9% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 9,09118.1% Avg playtime 507.3h | 39,92179.6% Avg playtime 338.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 12.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 129.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 937.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,892.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
50,147 total
Organic purchasers38,26976.3%
Voted up: 82%
Key activations11,87823.7%
Voted up: 76%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
50,147 total
First impression0-2h1,5623.11%
Voted up: 48%
Mid game2-10h8,47516.9%
Voted up: 82%
Late game10-20h5,93811.8%
Voted up: 86%
Endgame20h+34,17268.1%
Voted up: 81%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
76.4%
Global baseline 80.5%
89 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 757,887 total.