ARK Spinoff: Million Player Milestone Reached

Summary

• ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition achieved over 3 million downloads in its first three weeks.
• Despite mixed reviews, the game's popularity is steadily growing on iOS and Android.
• Grove Street Games plans to expand the game's content with new maps and features.

The free-to-play mobile game, ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition, celebrated a remarkable launch, surpassing three million downloads within just three weeks. Released on December 18, 2024, this survival game is a spin-off within the ARK: Survival Evolved universe (2017).

Despite receiving mixed reviews upon release, ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition followed a similar trajectory to its predecessor. ARK: Survival Evolved itself achieved over one million downloads before its official launch, demonstrating significant pre-release interest. This success led to a remastered version, ARK: Survival Ascended, released in early access in 2023 with enhanced graphics. The ARK franchise, owned by Studio Wildcard, has expanded with various spin-offs, and ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition, developed by Grove Street Games, is the latest addition, available on iOS and Android. This free-to-play title offers familiar gameplay: resource gathering, crafting, base building, dinosaur taming, and more.

On January 10, 2025, Snail Games, the publisher of ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition, announced the game's impressive three-million-download milestone within its first three weeks. This significantly outperformed the 2018 mobile port of ARK: Survival Evolved, boasting a 100% increase in downloads. Snail Games also confirmed that Grove Street Games is actively developing new content, including maps like Ragnarok, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, and Genesis Part 2.

ARK Mobile Game Sees Promising Launch Stats, Marks Another Strong Release by the Developer

The strong download numbers on the App Store and Google Play Store indicate a promising future for ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition. The game currently holds a respectable position in the app store rankings, sitting at 24th among adventure games on iOS and 9th among top-grossing adventure games on Android. While user reviews are mixed (3.9 out of 5 stars on the App Store based on 412 ratings and 3.6 out of 5 stars on the Google Play Store based on over 52,500 ratings), this launch represents another successful entry in the ARK franchise for Grove Street Games, who previously developed the improved Nintendo Switch port of ARK: Survival Evolved in 2022.

Following its release on mobile platforms last month, ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition is slated for release on the Epic Games Store in 2025, providing players with additional platform options. Studio Wildcard recently shared an updated roadmap for ARK: Survival Ascended, outlining future content updates. The community eagerly awaits further news regarding ARK 2, which unfortunately missed its projected late 2024 release window.