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)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 315k–605k

best case 35.2M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

Games like ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest

A typical game among these

≈ 315k–605k copies

≈ $926k–$4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: ARK: Survival Evolved at ≈ 26.8M–43.5M copies, ≈ $110.4M–$296.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 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.
When they shipped: The similar games 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Dino D-Day 2011	Est. copies ≈ 956k–1.6M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$10.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	15k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursMultiplayer
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.8M–43.5M 99x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.4M–$296.8M after Steam's cut $200.7M–$456.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	779k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Primal Carnage: Extinction 2015	Est. copies ≈ 484k–786k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.2M before Steam's cut	$12.99	10k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursMultiplayer
PixARK 2019	Est. copies ≈ 393k–639k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
The Isle 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.9M–9.6M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $32.6M–$87.7M after Steam's cut $59.3M–$134.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	122k 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 Steam's cut	$0.99	4k reviews Mixed	DinosaursAction
Primal Carnage 2012	Est. copies ≈ 366k–594k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $502k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $913k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	DinosaursAction