Can I run ARK: Survival Ascended?
Check your PC against ARK: Survival Ascended's requirements (2023). If you fall short, we'll point you straight to the upgrade that fixes it — checked for fit, power and bottleneck against your exact PC.
On the GPU side, ARK: Survival Ascended is a very demanding game and puts more load on your graphics card than your processor. To match the recommended specs, aim for roughly a RTX 3080 / RX 6800 with i5-10600K / Ryzen 5 3600X and 32 GB of RAM, installed on an SSD.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | GTX 1080 / RX 5600 XT | RTX 3080 / RX 6800 |
| CPU | i7-6800K / Ryzen 5 2600X | i5-10600K / Ryzen 5 3600X |
| RAM | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Storage | 180 GB · SSD | 180 GB · SSD |
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Requirements cross-checked against the Steam store page. Mapped onto our shared 0–100 performance scale — guidance for a playable experience, not a promise of a specific frame rate or resolution. Check another game →