Summary
- ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition surpassed 3 million downloads in just 3 weeks after its launch.
- The game faces mixed reviews but continues to rise in popularity on iOS and Android.
- Grove Street Games plans to add new maps and content to the dinosaur-infested world in the future.
ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition, the latest addition to the ARK franchise, has achieved a significant milestone by crossing three million downloads within three weeks of its launch on December 18, 2024. This free-to-play mobile survival game, developed by Grove Street Games and published by Snail Games, is set in the same universe as the acclaimed 2017 title, ARK: Survival Evolved.
Despite receiving mixed reviews upon its debut, ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition has demonstrated strong market performance, echoing the success of its predecessor. ARK: Survival Evolved, despite its initial mixed reception, managed to surpass one million sales before its official release. This led to the development of ARK: Survival Ascended, a remastered version launched in early access in 2023, featuring significant graphical enhancements. The ARK franchise, owned by Studio Wildcard, has also seen several spin-off titles, with ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition being the most recent.
On January 10, 2025, Snail Games announced that ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition had achieved over three million downloads in its first three weeks, significantly outperforming the 2018 mobile launch of ARK: Survival Evolved by a 100% increase in downloads. Grove Street Games is actively working on expanding the game's content, with plans to introduce new maps such as Ragnarok, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, and Genesis Part 2.
ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition's launch has been promising, with the game climbing the popularity charts on both the App Store and Google Play. It currently ranks 24th among adventure games on iOS and 9th among top-grossing adventure games on Android. The game's ratings stand at 3.9 out of 5 on the App Store, based on 412 reviews, and 3.6 out of 5 on the Play Store, based on over 52,500 user scores. This launch marks another successful release for Grove Street Games, following their work on the improved Nintendo Switch port of ARK: Survival Evolved in 2022.
Looking ahead, ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition is set to expand its reach by becoming available on the Epic Games Store in 2025, offering players more options for downloading the game. Meanwhile, Studio Wildcard has shared an updated roadmap for ARK: Survival Ascended, outlining future content updates. Fans are also eagerly awaiting news on ARK 2, which missed its anticipated late 2024 release window.
