ARK: Survival Evolved vs Valheim

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ARK: Survival Evolved

2017 · Action

Studio Wildcard · Studio Wildcard

Reviews: 588,535
Positive: 83%
Launch price: $14.99
Engine: Unknown
Sales (median): 47.1M
Net rev: $403.1M

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V

Valheim

2026 · Action

Iron Gate AB · Coffee Stain Publishing

Reviews: 475,018
Positive: 93%
Launch price: $29.99
Engine: Unknown
Sales (median): 26.1M
Net rev: $447.5M

Tag overlap

70% shared , 14 shared tags, 6 only on ARK: Survival Evolved, 6 only on Valheim.

Only ARK: Survival Evolved

Dinosaurs First-PersonMassively MultiplayerRPG Dragons Sci-fi

Shared

Open World Survival Craft SurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Crafting Building Adventure Base-BuildingCo-opAction SandboxSingleplayerEarly AccessIndie

Only Valheim

Online Co-OpExploration Difficult Mythology PvE Third Person

Sales estimates

Paid-game estimates use the same transparent multi-factor Boxleiter method. Free-to-play games never receive paid unit or revenue estimates.

Sales estimate

v1.0

28.2M to 65.9M

units (median: 47.1M)

≈ $241.9M to $564.4M modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)

28.2M median 65.9M

+ How is this calculated?

588,535 reviews × NB(80) = 47,082,800 median units

Factor	Adjustment
base	+50
year_2017	+30
price_$15	0
positive_83%	0
final NB	80

Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].

Methodology & limitations

Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it, especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.

Sales estimate

v1.0

15.7M to 36.6M

units (median: 26.1M)

≈ $268.5M to $626.6M modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)

15.7M median 36.6M

+ How is this calculated?

475,018 reviews × NB(55) = 26,125,990 median units

Factor	Adjustment
base	+50
year_2026	-10
price_$30	+5
positive_93%	+10
final NB	55

Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].

Methodology & limitations

Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it, especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.

How comparison pages work

Verdicts are objective, they call out which game scores higher on a single measurable axis (reviews, price, sales estimate, recency). They don't claim "better." Tag overlap is computed from the public Steam tag list. Sales estimates use a multi-factor Boxleiter method whose formula is shown in full on each game's page.

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