Early Access dinosaur survival with tribes, taming, building and player-created content; Windows profiles require 180 GB SSD space and list 16/32 GB RAM tiers.
ARK: Survival Ascended reworks ARK's dinosaur survival world with Unreal Engine 5 environments and physics. Survivors gather resources, build shelters and form tribes while taming, breeding and riding creatures. Food, water, temperature and weather remain part of planning an expedition or expanding a base. The official description also lists player-created content through an in-game mod collection and several multiplayer arrangements. Steam still labels this product Early Access, so the listing should not be read as a completed release or a promise that every announced world is already available. Its Windows minimum lists 16 GB RAM, the recommended tier lists 32 GB, and both require 180 GB of SSD storage; separately priced expansions and bundles are not the standalone base purchase.
BEFORE YOU PLAY
System requirements
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Windows · Base game
minimum
Operating system
Windows 10/11 with updates
Processor
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
Memory
16 GB RAM
Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 1080
Graphics API
Version 12
Storage
180 GB available space
Network: Broadband Internet connection Additional Notes: SSD Required
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