ARK: Survival Evolved vs Satisfactory
Reviews on Steam
ARK: Survival Evolved
2.5× more reviews
Critical reception
Satisfactory
13.9pp gap
Cheaper at launch
ARK: Survival Evolved
$25.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
ARK: Survival Evolved
2.4× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Satisfactory
7 years apart
ARK: Survival Evolved
2017 · Action
Studio Wildcard · Studio Wildcard
- Reviews
- 579,335
- Positive
- 83%
- Launch price
- $14.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 46.3M
- Net rev
- $396.8M
Satisfactory
2024 · Adventure
Coffee Stain Studios · Coffee Stain Publishing
- Reviews
- 228,559
- Positive
- 97%
- Launch price
- $39.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 19.4M
- Net rev
- $443.8M
Tag overlap
75% shared , 15 shared tags, 5 only on ARK: Survival Evolved, 5 only on Satisfactory.
Only ARK: Survival Evolved
DinosaursActionMassively MultiplayerRPGDragons
Shared
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldCraftingBuildingAdventureBase-BuildingCo-opSandboxFirst-PersonSingleplayerEarly AccessSci-fiIndie
Only Satisfactory
AutomationResource ManagementExplorationSimulationStrategy
Sales estimates
Both estimates use the same vv1.0 multi-factor Boxleiter method. Click "How is this calculated?" on either to see the per-factor breakdown.
Sales estimate
vv1.027.8M to 64.9M
units (median: 46.3M)
≈ $238.1M to $555.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.011.7M to 27.2M
units (median: 19.4M)
≈ $266.3M to $621.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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