How much revenue did ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest make?

ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest sell?

Q: How many copies did ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest sell?

406k to 660k copies, based on its 12k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 406k–660k; from 12k reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 315k–603k

best case 35.1M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

Games like ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest

The middle of these games

≈ 315k–603k copies

≈ $927k–$3.9M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: ARK: Survival Evolved at ≈ 26.7M–43.4M copies, ≈ $110.1M–$296.0M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Dinosaurs (8 of 8) and Open World (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Survival + Open World Survival Craft + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2019, and none of them shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 36 for the most recent game here to about 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Dino D-Day 2011	Est. copies ≈ 955k–1.6M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$10.9M before the cut	$9.99	15k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursMultiplayer
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.7M–43.4M 99x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.1M–$296.0M after Steam's cut $200.2M–$455.4M before the cut	$14.99	776k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Primal Carnage: Extinction 2015	Est. copies ≈ 483k–785k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before the cut	$12.99	10k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursMultiplayer
PixARK 2019	Est. copies ≈ 389k–631k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before the cut	$19.99	13k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
The Isle 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.8M–9.5M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $32.0M–$86.1M after Steam's cut $58.2M–$132.5M before the cut	$19.99	119k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursSurvival
theHunter: Primal 2015	Est. copies ≈ 198k–322k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mixed	DinosaursSurvival
Dinosaur Hunt 2015	Est. copies ≈ 192k–312k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$216k before the cut	$0.99	4k reviews Mixed	DinosaursAction
Primal Carnage 2012	Est. copies ≈ 366k–595k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $502k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $913k–$2.1M before the cut	$4.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	DinosaursAction