ARK: Survival Evolved
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ARK: Survival Evolved

Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

DEV: Studio Wildcard, Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, Virtual Basement LLCPUB: Studio Wildcard, Snail Games USAAppID 346110
DEVELOPER POSTSevery ~2d·last 125d ago·1 recorded in 6 months

Is ARK: Survival Evolved still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

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Developer activity at a glance

Catch up on ARK: Survival Evolved with the developer’s own announcements. Start with the newest recorded post, then explore the details before you return.

Newest identified developer post

ARK Franchise Sale!

· Published by the developer

3recent developer posts shown belowSelected from the developer record, separately from press coverage. Announcements are not necessarily shipped patches.
Last successful news check: This is our collection date, not the date of the latest patch.

  1. Newest in this record ·

    ARK Franchise Sale!

    From the recorded announcement

    The ARK Franchise Sale has begun on Steam! Whether you're reliving your first adventure in ARK: Survival Evolved or setting sail in ARK: Survival Ascended, there's never been a better time to join the journey. With ARK Tides of Fortune already sailing the high seas and ARK: Dragontopia on the horizon, a whole new wave…

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    The ARK Franchise Sale has begun on Steam! Whether you're reliving your first adventure in ARK: Survival Evolved or setting sail in ARK: Survival Ascended, there's never been a better time to join the journey. With ARK Tides of Fortune already sailing the high seas and ARK: Dragontopia on the horizon, a whole new wave of adventures awaits. Grab your crew, tame your legends, and start your next adventure today!

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  2. Earlier announcement ·

    ARK: Aquatica Official servers update

    From the recorded announcement

    Good Afternoon,Studio Sirens would like to begin this announcement by thanking the ARK: Survival Evolved community for your involvement and time spent with the Aquatica DLC, generating awesome memories and content for years to come. On Friday, January 30th: UTC - 18:00 PMChinese Standard time - 02:00 AMPacific (PST) -…

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    Good Afternoon,Studio Sirens would like to begin this announcement by thanking the ARK: Survival Evolved community for your involvement and time spent with the Aquatica DLC, generating awesome memories and content for years to come. On Friday, January 30th: UTC - 18:00 PMChinese Standard time - 02:00 AMPacific (PST) - 10:00 AMEastern (EST) - 01:00 PMAll official ARK: Aquatica servers will go offline indefinitely at this time. While official Aquatica servers are sunset, this does not mean the end of support for bug fixes, quality-of-life updates, and even suggestions. Monitoring will continue on the #「❗」bug-reports」channel as well as the「❓」suggestions thread channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. Updates to the ARK: Aquatica DLC will continue for the foreseeable future. Please follow the announcements section in the community discord for any updates. Thank you,Studio Sirens

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  3. Earlier announcement ·

    ARK: Lost Colony is now live!

    From the recorded announcement

    Plunge through the icy heart of darkness as you reunite with old legends, while rekindling hope for the next generation. ARK: Lost Colony bridges the gap between Extinction and ARK 2 with the most ambitious narrative experience in the franchise's history. Your journey returns you to the beginning: Arat Prime, the site…

    Read more of this announcement

    Plunge through the icy heart of darkness as you reunite with old legends, while rekindling hope for the next generation. ARK: Lost Colony bridges the gap between Extinction and ARK 2 with the most ambitious narrative experience in the franchise's history. Your journey returns you to the beginning: Arat Prime, the site of humanity’s final stand. You awaken in the Necrocene - a brutal, post-Cataclysmic era where the Earth’s southern pole has been plunged into eternal night. Buried within the deep snow, the metropolis of the Lost Colony clings to existence beneath energy shields, powered by the radioactive warmth of Red Element. Survival here is an act of defiance against nature itself. This unnatural heat source keeps the Colony alive... only by repelling the Reseed Protocol, ensuring the Earth remains broken so that the Lost King may rule his corrupt kingdom. Caught between the tyrannical order of the Lost King and the creeping, violet corruption of an old enemy, you must navigate a world of gothic horror and advanced science. From the jagged craters of the Tundra to the bioluminescent canopy of the Twilight Forest, and into the depths of the Lost City itself, every inch of the map tells a story of survival at any cost. Available now for ARK Survival Ascended on Steam and prepare for the Lost Colony. Will you cling to your humanity, or will you undergo the Turning to become the monster this place demands you to be?

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77.3
Mixed

Elixir Rating

83.3% of 779,821 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 83.3. It was sold as a game that would keep being worked on, and the developers have gone dormant — subtracting 6.0.

reception 83.3·support −6.0·Mixed

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

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From Steam's own record

Current price

$14.99

Development

Dormant

Last heard from developers

4 months ago

Historical posting rhythm

every ~2 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

63× normal

The developers have been silent for 125 days against a normal rhythm of about 2 — roughly 63 times longer than usual. We have not recorded a substantial update in six months; our record contains 1 developer posts.

Last successful news check: Nov 10, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC. This is when we checked Steam, separate from when the developer last posted.

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30 recorded posts · includes developer announcements and press coverage

Community AnnouncementsJul 10, 2026
ARK Franchise Sale!

The ARK Franchise Sale has begun on Steam! Whether you're reliving your first adventure in ARK: Survival Evolved or setting sail in ARK: Survival Ascended, there's never been a better time to join the journey. With ARK Tides of Fortune alre…

Community AnnouncementsJan 16, 2026
ARK: Aquatica Official servers update

Good Afternoon,Studio Sirens would like to begin this announcement by thanking the ARK: Survival Evolved community for your involvement and time spent with the Aquatica DLC, generating awesome memories and content for years to come.On Frida…

Community AnnouncementsDec 19, 2025
ARK: Lost Colony is now live!

Plunge through the icy heart of darkness as you reunite with old legends, while rekindling hope for the next generation. ARK: Lost Colony bridges the gap between Extinction and ARK 2 with the most ambitious narrative experience in the franc…

Community AnnouncementsNov 25, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 11/25

Good Afternoon,Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.We would like to thank the community f…

Community AnnouncementsOct 20, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 10/20

Good Afternoon,Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.We would like to thank the community f…

Community AnnouncementsSep 18, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 9/18

Good Afternoon, Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.We would like to thank the community …

Community AnnouncementsSep 4, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 9/4

Good Afternoon,Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.We would like to thank the community f…

Community AnnouncementsAug 27, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 8/27

Good Afternoon,Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. For the sake of identifying issues, p…

Community AnnouncementsAug 21, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 8/21

Good Afternoon,Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. For the sake of identifying issues, p…

Community AnnouncementsAug 18, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 8/18

Good Afternoon,Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. For…

Community AnnouncementsAug 16, 2025
A Message from Studio Sirens

Good Evening,The following is an official statement from the head of Studio Sirens.“Studio Sirens remains fully committed to ARK: Aquatica and to delivering the experience our passionate community have hoped for. Our team is dedicated to en…

Community AnnouncementsAug 14, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 8/14

Good Afternoon, Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. Cu…

Community AnnouncementsAug 12, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 8/12

Good Afternoon,Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.Stud…

Community AnnouncementsAug 9, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 8/8

Good Afternoon, Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. St…

Community AnnouncementsAug 4, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 8/4

Good Afternoon,Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.In c…

Community AnnouncementsAug 3, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 8/2

Good Evening,Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. In co…

Community AnnouncementsJul 30, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/30

Good afternoon,We continue our efforts to provide updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also…

Community AnnouncementsJul 29, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/28

Good afternoon,We continue our efforts to provide updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also…

Community AnnouncementsJul 26, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. progress outlook 7/26

Good afternoon, We continue our efforts to provide updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We are mai…

Community AnnouncementsJul 25, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/25

Good afternoon,We continue our efforts to provide updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We are main…

Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/24

Good afternoon,We continue our efforts to provide updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We are main…

Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/23

Good Evening community,We continue our efforts to provide updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We …

Community AnnouncementsJul 23, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/22 #2

Good Evening,We continue our efforts to provide updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We are mainta…

PC GamerJul 22, 2025
Guy with 35,000 hours in Ark: Survival Evolved gives it a negative Steam review: 'How do I get a refund!!'

rk: Survival Evolved left early access on August 27, 2017. That's nearly 70,000 hours ago… which means if a player has logged 35,202 hours in Ark, they've essentially been playing the dino-survival game for half its lifespan... Read more.

Community AnnouncementsJul 22, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/22

Good Morning community,We continue our efforts to provide updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We …

Community AnnouncementsJul 22, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/21

Good Evening,We wanted to begin tonight’s post with a thank you to all community members who joined our developer live stream today. We hope to be able to continue providing updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survi…

Community AnnouncementsJul 21, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Developer live stream 7/21

Planned Developer Stream (TODAY 07/21):A member of the Studio Sirens Development team will be doing a live streamThe plan for this stream is to review the updates from last week’s efforts, preview upcoming fixes and answer player/community …

Community AnnouncementsJul 20, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/20

Good afternoon,We are continuing to make posts through the weekend to continue to provide transparency regarding issues reported through the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to prov…

Community AnnouncementsJul 19, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/19

Good Afternoon,We are continuing to make posts through the weekend to continue to provide transparency regarding issues reported through the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to prov…

Community AnnouncementsJul 19, 2025
ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/18 #2

Good Evening,As we continue to post updates and some outlook into the issues revolving around the Aquatica DLC as well as issues in ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged…