Ark: Survival Ascended tops 600,000 sales two weeks after Steam launch

[John Elden Ring]

Ark: Survival Ascended sold over 600,000 copies on Steam in two weeks.

Publisher Snail, Inc. broke the news in a press release and said the milestone indicates Survival Ascended will become a "promising expansion of the Ark franchise."

The title launched in Steam Early Access on October 26, 2023, and leverages new Unreal Engine 5 tools such as Lumen, Nanite, and more to incorporate advanced mesh streaming, dynamic lighting, and robust physics systems.

 

[Vertigo]

When I first heard about this I didn’t understand what I was looking at. So, it’s a new version of the first game running on Unreal ahead of the sequel (and it likely being pushed back).

Not interested but I’ve gotten a taste of survival games and I get it and how popular they are. Depends on how much jank you want to deal with but those that also manage to introduce cool fantasy stuff and dungeons etc… I’d love to see those ideas evolve. A bit too much player investment for me and they tend to feel directionless for like your first 100 hours. Ehhhh