ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest

Studio Wildcard Instinct Games Efecto Studios Virtual Basement LLC

Released: Aug 29, 2017
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15 Jan 2024Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Ark: Survival Ascended to get mod tools that let you create "entire custom Unreal Engine games", devs boast
Do you like trapping innocent, extinct animals in diabolical, broken worlds of your own devising, miring them in a purgatory of genre comparisions from which they may never escape? Because Ark: Survival Ascended developers Studio Wildcard and Grove Street Games are promising/thre
07 Jan 2023Developer post
TSOTF - A Recap of Changes Since Launch
It's been a joy to watch the community participate in TSOTF matches this past week! We've seen several nail-biting matches and clever uses of the new mechanics that TSOTF provides. It is a memorable experience for us to watch these high-intensity matches play out on a grand scale
23 Dec 2022PCGamesN
Dinosaur battle royale Ark Survival of the Fittest is now on Steam
When we first checked out Ark Survival of the Fittest back in 2016, battle royale games were still fairly niche - they were the province of modded game modes and custom Arma servers. That's all changed a lot since then, and Studio Wildcard's entry in the genre now has a prototype
23 Dec 2022Developer post
Introducing: ARK: The Survival of the Fittest!
We are excited to announce that ARK: The Survival of the Fittest prototype is now available on Steam! ‘ARK: The Survival of the Fittest’ is a prototype spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved, pitting up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for su
We are excited to announce that ARK: The Survival of the Fittest prototype is now available on Steam!
‘ARK: The Survival of the Fittest’ is a prototype spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved, pitting up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for survival, where players are ultimately pushed into an epic final showdown leading their Dinosaur Armies into battle. ARK TSOTF is the only Battle Royale that focuses on large-scale creature-army confrontations, combined with a unique Real Time Strategy overlay. By using tactics and strategy to assemble a fighting-force of history’s most powerful primeval creatures, only one tribe will survive!
Form your tribe and fight in the ultimate battle of Dino Survival! Designed for intense competition and fast-paced dino action, survivors begin their match in a TEK-imbued sky lobby to tribe up. When the battle begins, they’ll fly towards an island aboard a giant Quetzal before ejecting and gliding towards their chosen starting area. Do competitors dash for drops and fight it out? Do they run into the jungle and hide, search for creatures to tame, and rapidly build their Dino Army, or do they die to a pack of curious Compys? Make use of the birds-eye-view mode, which allows you more effectively Command-&-Control your army of dinosaurs, directly possess individual upgradeable creatures, and issue commands to your team as the ultimate strategist. This unique RTS-style experience is available in-life and also after-death! Avoid the continually shrinking and dynamic “ring of death” that forces contestants ever closer together over time and become the last tribe standing. The hunt is on!
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Please note: this version is currently only a prototype to test out the new gameplay and features – it is not yet a fully-featured competitive game. Nevertheless, we encourage all survivors to play and provide us feedback to help further develop and grow TSOTF!
While the core goal of The Survival of the Fittest remains the same, we’ve gone back to the drawing board and introduced a significant number of technical/quality of life/balance changes to the game mode that differs from ARK: Survival Evolved and the original version of Survival of the Fittest. These changes aim to make the experience more streamlined and accessible, eliminating the complex aspects of crafting & the steep learning curve, and empowering players to quickly form their Dino Armies and get to the creature-action faster.

ARK re-designed from the ground up, focusing on fast-paced gameplay and intense combat around large-scale creature battles
A whopping 88 dinosaurs and creatures at launch!
A simplified version of The Island from ARK: Survival Evolved
Solo and Tribe based game modes
Overhaul UI/UX Experience to communicate only what is essential and gamepad friendly.
Inventory Management has been completely removed for a simpler and quicker gameplay experience.
Looting-focused design - Harvesting has been removed and replaced with tier-based supply crates where items are rewarded to all members of your tribe or killing dinos for your own additional resources.
Weapons and armor have been modified and rebalanced for the ultimate fast pace experience and uncomplicated player progression.
New timing system: kill creatures for tokens and then spend those tokens on taming new wilds or stealing downed tames from your enemies!
Commander Mode. A birds-eye-view mode that can be entered at any time of the game, allowing you to control your army of dinosaurs (RTS style) more effectively, directly possess individual creatures within your arsenal, and issue commands to your team as the ultimate strategist (including an ally-driven fog of war). Thus after a player has died, they can still participate in the match as a commander and continue to control and possess the team’s Dinosaur – they can continue to play and benefit their team! A team is only fully defeated once they have had all their Players AND their Dinosaurs destroyed.
Dino Tier System - Dinos are rewarded for their kills with EXP to advance them to a new tier providing them with fixed statistical benefits and eliminating dino-level RNG.
Dynamic “ring of death” unique to each round enabling emergent gameplay and unpredictable advantages
An intelligent Pinging System to help communicate within teams
Custom-Painted “War Banners” enable Tribes to show off their team spirit on Flags across their army of Dinosaurs!
Summon bosses of the ARK to strengthen your arsenal in this ultimate Dino Army experience
A custom live-orchestrated soundtrack was written by award-winning composer Gareth Coker of Ori and the Blind Forest and ARK: The Animated Series.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/407530/ARK_Survival_Of_The_Fittest/
As always, we’re looking forward to seeing your community-created content, collecting your feedback, and participating in the action as well! With fast-paced gameplay and intense combat focused on large-scale creature battles, The Survival of the Fittest is the ultimate test of skill and strategy! We’ll see you out there on its primal battlefield!
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08 Aug 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Ark: Genesis lets you build houses on giant sea turtles
Multiplayer dinosaur-riding island-surviv-a-thon series Ark: Survival Evolved has taken inspiration from my fever dreams and will be introducing giant sea turtles who double as islands which then double as an open construction site for your future home. The next chapter in the on
29 Aug 2017Product Release
Now Available on Steam - ARK: Survival Of The Fittest
ARK: Survival Of The Fittest is Now Available on Steam! ARK: Survival of the Fittest is a Multiplayer Online Survival Arena (MOSA) game that pits as many as 72 combatants against one another in the struggle for survival in a harsh, changing environment packed with deadly creature
17 Dec 2016Developer post
ARK: Survival of the Fittest All Stars & Naugty and Nice!
The ARK: Survival of the Fittest All Stars plus Naughty & Nice matches will take place from 11 am EST to 3 pm EST tomorrow, Saturday the 17th December 2016! The final games will be shout-casted by typeForced! We invite all ARK fans to come watch the epic battles at that time
17 Dec 2016Developer post
ARK: Survival of the Fittest All Stars & Naugty and Nice!
The ARK: Survival of the Fittest All Stars plus Naughty & Nice matches will take place from 11 am EST to 3 pm EST tomorrow, Saturday the 17th December 2016! The final games will be shout-casted by typeForced! We invite all ARK fans to come watch the epic battles at that time
17 Dec 2016Developer post
ARK: Survival of the Fittest Update
ARK: Survival of the Fittest initially started as the original Total Conversion for ARK: Survival Evolved. It’s a game mode which puts places in a battle arena where they fight to the death. Since it’s inception in August 2015, it has undergone a lot of changes. However, we are o
17 Dec 2016Developer post
ARK: Survival of the Fittest Update
ARK: Survival of the Fittest initially started as the original Total Conversion for ARK: Survival Evolved. It’s a game mode which puts places in a battle arena where they fight to the death. Since it’s inception in August 2015, it has undergone a lot of changes. However, we are o
16 Nov 2016Developer post
October Survivor League Championship Games!
The ARK: Survival of the Fittest October Survivor League Championship matches will take place from 11 am EST to 2 pm EST on Saturday, 19th of November, with a bounty of more than $65,000 in prizes to the winners! The Survivors who have qualified for the event are listed here: Ove
16 Nov 2016Developer post
October Survivor League Championship Games!
The ARK: Survival of the Fittest October Survivor League Championship matches will take place from 11 am EST to 2 pm EST on Saturday, 19th of November, with a bounty of more than $65,000 in prizes to the winners! The Survivors who have qualified for the event are listed here: Ove
17 Oct 2016Developer post
October Survivor League Begins!
October Survivor League Begins! Hello again, Survivors! Today we are announcing that the October Survivor League qualifiers has begun. The scores from previous have been reset due to changes made in the most recent update possibly affecting scores. However we hope this reset will
17 Oct 2016Developer post
October Survivor League Begins!
October Survivor League Begins! Hello again, Survivors! Today we are announcing that the October Survivor League qualifiers has begun. The scores from previous have been reset due to changes made in the most recent update possibly affecting scores. However we hope this reset will
15 Oct 2016Developer post
September Survivor League Championship Winners & Last Man Standing Mod Winners!
September Survivor League Championship! Last weekend we held our latest Survivor League Championship Matches! The best survivors went head to head in 3 epic matches for a chance at $65,000 and their spot in August Survivor League! If you missed the games, you can check them out h
15 Oct 2016Developer post
September Survivor League Championship Winners & Last Man Standing Mod Winners!
September Survivor League Championship! Last weekend we held our latest Survivor League Championship Matches! The best survivors went head to head in 3 epic matches for a chance at $65,000 and their spot in August Survivor League! If you missed the games, you can check them out h
06 Oct 2016Developer post
September Survivor League Championship Games & Last Man Standing Mod 5-Man Tournament!
September Survivor League Championship! The ARK: Survival of the Fittest September Survivor League Championship matches will take place from 11 am EST to 2 pm EST on Saturday, 8th of October, with a bounty of more than $65,000 in prizes to the winners! The Survivors who have qual
06 Oct 2016Developer post
September Survivor League Championship Games & Last Man Standing Mod 5-Man Tournament!
September Survivor League Championship! The ARK: Survival of the Fittest September Survivor League Championship matches will take place from 11 am EST to 2 pm EST on Saturday, 8th of October, with a bounty of more than $65,000 in prizes to the winners! The Survivors who have qual
22 Sep 2016Developer post
Naughty or Nice & September Survivor League Championship Games!
Naughty or Nice The special SotF Gamemode known as Naughty or Nice will be making its official return as a new Total Conversion on Saturday September the 24th at 11AM EST! We will be hosting a special charity event where survivors will be put to the test in an all out 100 versus
22 Sep 2016Developer post
Naughty or Nice & September Survivor League Championship Games!
Naughty or Nice The special SotF Gamemode known as Naughty or Nice will be making its official return as a new Total Conversion on Saturday September the 24th at 11AM EST! We will be hosting a special charity event where survivors will be put to the test in an all out 100 versus

ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest

Updates & announcements

Ark: Survival Ascended to get mod tools that let you create "entire custom Unreal Engine games", devs boast

TSOTF - A Recap of Changes Since Launch

Dinosaur battle royale Ark Survival of the Fittest is now on Steam

Introducing: ARK: The Survival of the Fittest!

Ark: Genesis lets you build houses on giant sea turtles

Now Available on Steam - ARK: Survival Of The Fittest

ARK: Survival of the Fittest All Stars & Naugty and Nice!

ARK: Survival of the Fittest All Stars & Naugty and Nice!

ARK: Survival of the Fittest Update

ARK: Survival of the Fittest Update

October Survivor League Championship Games!

October Survivor League Championship Games!

October Survivor League Begins!

October Survivor League Begins!

ARK: Scorched Earth 25% Off!

October Survivor League Begins!

October Survivor League Begins!

ARK: Scorched Earth 25% Off!

September Survivor League Championship Winners & Last Man Standing Mod Winners!

September Survivor League Championship!

Last Man Standing Mod 5-Man Tournament!

September Survivor League Championship Winners & Last Man Standing Mod Winners!

September Survivor League Championship!

Last Man Standing Mod 5-Man Tournament!

September Survivor League Championship Games & Last Man Standing Mod 5-Man Tournament!

September Survivor League Championship!

Last Man Standing Mod 5-Man Tournament!

September Survivor League Championship Games & Last Man Standing Mod 5-Man Tournament!

September Survivor League Championship!

Last Man Standing Mod 5-Man Tournament!

Naughty or Nice & September Survivor League Championship Games!

Naughty or Nice

September Survivor League Championship!

Naughty or Nice & September Survivor League Championship Games!

Naughty or Nice

September Survivor League Championship!