You wake up naked, freezing and starving on the beach of a mysterious island. The ARK. Around you: jungle, mountains, ocean — and dinosaurs. Hundreds of them, from the docile parasaur grazing near the water to the tyrannosaurus patrolling the inland forest. You have nothing. By nightfall, you need shelter, food and tools. By the end of the week, if you're still alive, you might be riding one.

ARK: Survival Evolved is a massive open-world survival game built around the taming, breeding and riding of over 180 prehistoric and fantastical creatures. Every tame is a lengthy, rewarding process — knock it out, feed it the right food, protect it while it's unconscious, and wake up with an ally whose stats and personality reflect how you raised it. Tribes pool resources and share tames, building fortified bases from wood through metal and eventually tek-tier technology with energy weapons and hover vehicles. Seven official expansion maps — including Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction and the Genesis campaigns — dramatically expand the world. A full season pass bundles all paid DLC. Gareth Coker, composer of Ori and the Blind Forest, wrote the soundtrack. ARK: Survival Ascended (2023) is the UE5 remake of the same game.

Key Features: • Tame, breed and ride 180+ dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures with unique behaviours • Tribe system — shared tames, structures and resources across persistent online servers • Tech progression from primitive tools to tek exosuits, laser rifles and tek teleporters • 7 official expansion maps and full season pass