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ARK: Scorched Earth

Stranded naked, dehydrated & starving in a vast desert, even the most seasoned ARK survivors must quickly find water, hunt for food, harvest, craft items, and build shelter to have any chance for survival. Use skills honed on ARK's faraway Island to kill, tame, breed, and ride the mysterious new creatures that have evolved to survive the Desert's ultra harsh conditions, including... DRAGONS!

Release date
December 19, 2017
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Studio Wildcard
Publisher
Studio Wildcard
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Stranded naked, dehydrated & starving in a vast desert, even the most seasoned ARK survivors must quickly find water, hunt for food, harvest, craft items, and build shelter to have any chance for survival. Use skills honed on ARK's faraway Island to kill, tame, breed, and ride the mysterious new creatures that have evolved to survive the Desert's ultra harsh conditions, including... DRAGONS! Travel back and forth between the Island and the Desert to team up with hundreds of players across both worlds or play locally!

EXPLORE A NEW WORLD Scorched Earth takes ARK players to an entirely new map, composed of six unique, desert themed biomes – dunes, high desert, mountains, canyons, badlands and oasis – each with their own aesthetic and ecosystem. Littered with ruins, caves, and geysers, survivors will find a whole new frontier to explore and master. TAME NEW CREATURES The new biomes in Scorched Earth are filled with dangerous new creatures to match them, and the intrepid survivor will find that many of them can be tamed.

Lead a caravan of the camel-like Morellatops or rain fire down upon your enemies from the back of a Wyvern. Just mind your step, or you might attract a Death Worm! CRAFT OVER 50 NEW ITEMS Using what resources they can scrounge together, survivors can craft new outfits and structures to protect them from the heat, and new tools to help them survive in this desolate environment.…

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★ 7.8/10Microsoft Store · 171 ratings
Microsoft StoreLast checked November 2, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
Once you get going and get your levels to bump up fortitude, heat is less of an issue and the map is fun to explore.…
★ 5 / 5
survivals all I ever known selective status natural living it upon a land with animals blood , sweat , flesh and bone look at me…

Most recent8

★ 3 / 5
Not much to say about this map ngl. It's ARK but in a desert. Although it's simplicity helps it be more fun. Now it should…
★ 1 / 5
not even gonna mention how the company who owns Studio Wildcard is going bankrupt but this game pissed me off so much I had to…

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