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24 alternatives to ARK: Survival Evolved

Use your skill and cunning to kill or tame & ride the leviat

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ARK: Survival Evolved launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   ARK: Survival Evolved▲73

   Survive on an island with dinosaurs, then ride on them

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   ARK: Survival Of The Fittest▲69

   A free, multiplayer online survival arena game

   2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Ark Survival Mobile▲10

   Ark Survival Evolved IOS

   2018 · survivetheark.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Fallout Shelter▲180

   Build your own vault to survive the apocalypse!

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Dododex▲79

   Companion app & taming calculator for ARK: Survival Evolved

   2019 · dododex.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Reap▲69

   A survival game on a mysterious archipelago

   2015 · managore.itch.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Rustbucket▲69

   Roguelike dungeon-crawling action!

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Fly Away▲58

   Feed the bird while dodging spikes and shards

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Overland▲108

   Post-apocalyptic survival game

   2016 · overland-game.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Sandbox Evolution▲77

    Craft or destroy amazing worlds with your godly touch!

    2016 · thesandbox2.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Don't Sh*t Your Pants▲65

    A text-based survival horror game

    2015 · onemorelevel.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Survive - Wilderness survival▲57

    Scenario based wilderness survival simulation game

    2016 · thesurvivegame.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Banished▲89

    City-building strategy survival game

    2015 · shiningrocksoftware.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Survival Online▲60

    Survival Craft Online is a very unique game

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hatcher▲67

    Build your army of fantastic creatures in this indie F2P MMO

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Unturned▲71

    A apocalyptic sandbox survival game 👻

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Earn to Die 2: Exodus▲70

    Escape a zombie infested world with your trusty car

    2015 · notdoppler.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Shipwreck▲56

    Explore the island and try to survive

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Skyhill▲65

    A turn-based survival crafting point-and-click game

    2015 · mandragoragames.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Age of Empires: Castle Siege [CA Soft Launch]▲58

    a free-to-play medieval MMO tower defense

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Sheesh!▲59

    Ditch the butcher and save your life!

    2016 · sheesh.website · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Basement ▲85

    Build the most effective enterprise and stay alive

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    The Last Leviathan▲73

    A physics-based, ship building and destruction adventure.

    2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Evoland▲73

    A short story of adventure video games evolution

    2015 · evoland.shirogames.com · its alternatives →

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