ARK: Survival Evolved is now available on Steam Early Access: online is growing, but the game has received mixed reviews due to optimisation issues

We wrote that at the Xbox Partner show, Wildcard Studio showed the ARK release trailer: Survival Ascended, a remaster of the dinosaur survival simulator ARK: Survival Evolved. The game is now available on PC in early access. The online peak is constantly growing, but the project has received mixed reviews.

Here's What We Know

According to SteamDB, in the first hours of the game, ARK: Survival Ascended was played by up to 20 thousand people. At the time of writing, there are 31 thousand players in the world of dinosaurs.

However, the game has received mixed reviews. The biggest problem is optimisation. People even with powerful video cards complain that the game is not running well. Of course, we can say that this is just an early access, but the authors need to fix the situation as soon as possible to avoid losing their audience.

The game also offers a 10% discount until 1 November. The price is $40 (instead of $45).

When We Can Expect It

Right now, you can play ARK: Survival Ascended is currently available only on PC. The game will be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series in November 2023.

Flashback

ARK: Survival Ascended is based on the Unreal Engine 5. The developers have also redesigned the interface, improved the navigation system, improved the camera, added more multiplayer features, new items, and much more. The game also supports cross-platform modding.

Source: steamdb