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Can you run ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest? PC requirements and settings

ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest, by Studio Wildcard, Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, Virtual Basement LLC (Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Strategy), came out on Steam on August 29, 2017. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Minimum cardGTX 500 or Above DirectX10 Compatible GPU with 2 GB or More Video RAM
Recommended RAM3.9 GB

Estimate per graphics card

No frame-rate estimate for this game

The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.

Official specs

Minimum and recommended requirements

Minimum

OS
64-Bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, or Windows 8/10
Processor
2 GHz Dual-Core 64-bit CPU
Memory
4000 MB RAM
Graphics
GTX 500 or Above DirectX10 Compatible GPU with 2 GB or More Video RAM
DirectX
Version 10
Storage
37000 MB

Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.

Where to buy

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On your PC

The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you

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Questions

ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest at 1080p?

Minimum: GTX 500 or Above DirectX10 Compatible GPU with 2 GB or More Video RAM. The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.

How much RAM does ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest need?

The publisher recommends 3.9 GB of RAM.

How much storage does ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest take?

The official page asks for 37000 MB of storage.

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