
- 70/100
- Players10 ratings
- 70/100
- Critics1 review
More scores
- Metacritic5 critic reviews
- 38/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 53/100
- GameFAQsJust Right/Tough
- 0.5/5
- Player reviews
- 73% positive11,219 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$19.99
Where to get it

2018 · Snail · Action · Action-adventure
PixARK
A sandbox game based on Ark: Survival Evolved developed by Snail Games (licensed by Studio Wildcard).
- Released
- 2018
- Platforms
- Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox One
- Genres
- ActionAction-adventureAdventureMMORole-playingSandboxShooterStrategy
- Developers
- Snail
- Publishers
- Snail
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- ActionSurvivalKids
- Age ratings
- CLASS_IND 10PEGI 12USK 12ACB PGCERO AESRB T
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain), Swedish and 1 more
- Time to beat
- 0.5hmain story8hcompletionist
About
PixARK is a survival video game that was released on March 27, 2018 in early access for Microsoft Windows. A spin-off of Ark: Survival Evolved, the game can be played in both single-player and multiplayer modes.
Players say
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Gameplay
The player is on an island populated by over 100 different dinosaur species. These can be killed or tamed and ridden. In addition, the player must ensure their survival by mining resources, making objects, building structures and defending themselves against enemy animals and other players. The world is made up of individual voxels, so the player can manipulate and adapt the world by removing or adding blocks.
The world has several areas such as jungle, desert and caves and is generated procedurally, so it is not prefabricated. Likewise, the quest system is procedural and always creates new challenges. In addition to the survival mode, the player can also focus on building in creative mode without being attacked and collecting resources.
Development
Snail Games announced a cooperation with Ark: Survival Evolved developer Studio Wildcard. The game was announced on January 25, 2018 with a trailer.
PixARK was released in March 2018 in an early-access version for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. The full launch version was released on May 31, 2019 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One along with versions for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Downloadable content
- PixArk: Every Little Thing You Do is Magic
- Expansions
- PixArk: Wonder in WaterPixArk: Skyward - Expansion Pack
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Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.
