ARK and Minecraft blend works
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“a perfect blend of ark and minecraft. it makes ark fresh again and adds the dinos to minecraft that i always wanted.”
Steam review · 20 h played ↗
PixARK
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 74%Mostly Positive · 74%Snail Games USA2019Survival · Sandbox · Adventure
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A cheap, quirky ARK-meets-Minecraft sandbox that runs on weak PCs, but it's janky and co-op/LAN hosting is badly broken. Skip it if you need to play with friends or on controller.
Great for
Solo players and ARK/Minecraft fans on modest PCs who want a cheap, casual taming and building sandbox
Main risk
Co-op/LAN joining and controller support often fail, and the UI and controls feel janky
What changed in the last 30 days
12 recent reviews
Recent negatives cite weak, boring gameplay, bad DLC translation and being unable to join friends. Reason is only loosely clear.
12 recent reviews
What players love
Fun with friends and cheap on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“it's been a blast especially playing with my friends. We’ve tamed dinos, built floating bases, explored crazy biomes”
Steam review · 142.5 h played ↗
Huge variety of tameable creatures
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“There are more than 100 creatures that I can tame, train and ride”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Runs well on weak PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“chill and runs on even terrible pcs, good for a lite version of ark if not enough space or pc can't handle”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Fun, free-form building and terraforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“I always dreamed of terraforming in ARK so I could build an underground base.”
Steam review · translated · 1052.5 h played ↗
Active updates and new DLC content
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“after many years the dev team is trying to breathe new life into the game. it's never been abandoned”
Steam review · 697.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky UI, controls and movement
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Character movement is super clunky - how was this game released in 2019 and this basic issue not fixed?”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Co-op, LAN and invites broken
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“35min wasted. Wanted to play with 2 friends on a lan server”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Crashes and bad optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“This game is so poorly optimized.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Boring, shallow and repetitive
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“this bored us both to death. Progress is slow and boring, your tames are pathetically weak”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Poor controller support
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Using a controller crashes the game.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Terracrypt update broke servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“the new so called Terracrypt DLC broke the game.”
Steam review · 1677.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable15 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or better
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 660 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or better
Storage15 GB available space
OSWindows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or better
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 660 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or better
Storage15 GB available space
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