Can I Run Ark: Survival Ascended?
Studio Wildcard released Ark: Survival Ascended in 2023. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. The game ships for Windows alone. Completionists have 32 achievements to work through. Split screen on one PC is supported, a feature most releases have quietly dropped. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Steam lists support for 16 languages. Its Steam review count passes 102 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 1080 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 180 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 with updates |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 6800, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
| RAM | 32 GB |
| Storage | 180 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 with updates |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an open sandbox, moving through hostile territory. The publisher supplies 52 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Ark: Survival Ascended is demanding
Ark: Survival Ascended asks a lot of the graphics card. It targets AMD Radeon RX 6800, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, which our tables put above the RTX 3060, so Ark: Survival Ascended tends to define the machine you build rather than fit around one you own. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Ark: Survival Ascended at the floor and Ark: Survival Ascended at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Ark: Survival Ascended wants about 180 GB of disk space on an SSD, which is a real consideration on a smaller drive. DirectX 12 is named, so Ark: Survival Ascended expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. System memory is unusually high at 32 GB, so a 16 GB machine needs an upgrade even with a strong graphics card.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Ark: Survival Ascended?
Ark: Survival Ascended is one of the more demanding games on PC. To reach its recommended tier you'll want a AMD Radeon RX 6800, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080-class graphics card, with AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 1080 the floor just to launch at minimum settings. Plan for a recent high-end GPU rather than a mainstream one.
Bottleneck: RAM
Large install. Ark: Survival Ascended needs about 180 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.38x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.17x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Playable |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Playable |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Playable |
Each card is compared against Ark: Survival Ascended's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run Ark: Survival Ascended?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Ark: Survival Ascended?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K; GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 1080; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10/11 with updates.
How much storage does Ark: Survival Ascended need?
Ark: Survival Ascended needs about 180 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Ark: Survival Ascended?
The RTX 3060 can run Ark: Survival Ascended: it sits around the minimum GPU requirement, so expect to manage settings.
What is the bottleneck for Ark: Survival Ascended?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Ark: Survival Ascended is the RAM.