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?

An estimated 406k to 659k copies, based on its 12k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 406k–659k; 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) 284k–574k

best case 34.8M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

The Dinosaurs lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 446k copies, with a few that break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 446k copies

≈ $3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

Best case

≈ 34.8M copies

ARK: Survival Evolved · ≈ $201.8M after Steam's cut

from 772k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

6 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 2 are breakout hits far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Survival + Multiplayer, priced around $17.
The breakout hits carry Survival + Open World Survival Craft + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2011 to 2019, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.5M–43.1M 99x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $109.4M–$294.2M net $198.9M–$452.6M gross	$14.99	772k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival +6
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