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2017PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified84 % positive−34 % 14.79 € 9.76 €

Stranded on an island full of dinosaurs, you gather resources, build bases and tame prehistoric beasts to ride and fight alongside you. On multiplayer servers it becomes a harsh, time-hungry struggle of tribes, raids and alliances.

  • Open world
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Lots to discover
  • Strong character progression

The closest matches for Ark: Survival Evolved are The Front, Icarus and Lost Rift. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Ark: Survival Evolved special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Front

94 %Match

2025PC66 % positive19.50 €

  • Open world
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Lots to discover

An open-world survival shooter with crafting and base building, where you play a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop a tyrannical, relic-powered empire from rising. Gathering resources, building and gunfights drive the experience.

Icarus

Open world

A cooperative survival game on an alien planet where you drop from an orbital station on timed missions, gather resources, build, and fight weather, wildlife and cold. Persistent progression between expeditions keeps players coming back.

Lost Rift

Open world

A first-person survival shooter that mixes cooperative base-building with high-risk PvPvE extraction runs on a mysterious archipelago. You can play solo or in teams of up to five.

Avorion

Strong character progression

A procedurally generated space sandbox where you build modular ships block by block and push toward the galactic core as a trader, mercenary or explorer. Ship building and freedom of playstyle are the heart of the game.

Hurtworld

Challenging difficulty

A punishing first-person multiplayer survival shooter where you gather, craft and fight other players and the environment to stay alive. Its survival progression stays demanding well after your basic needs are covered.

CryoFall

Strong character progression

A top-down 2D sci-fi survival sandbox on an alien planet, where players build bases, research technology, craft and compete for resources on persistent servers hosting up to 300 people.

Keplerth

Strong character progression

You wake up with nothing on a hostile alien planet and must gather, craft and fight your way through a 2D sandbox survival adventure while uncovering the planet's secrets.

Hellion

Open world

A first-person space survival game where you scavenge oxygen, fuel and supplies to stay alive in the hostile void. Other players can become allies or deadly threats.

Scum

Open world

Hardcore multiplayer survival on a huge prison island with deeply simulated metabolism, injuries and skills. You scavenge, craft and fight puppets, mechs and other players in a brutal reality-show setting.

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