Plan and build a modern, scientifically managed zoo to support conservation projects in an acclaimed strategy board game.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input, • a fact this genre's score does not use. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 1.4-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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Skip · Strategy · 2025
Steam Deck PlayableWAIT.
Not at $22.99. Wait for a cut to $2.83.
about 1.4h$22.99 (~)
Better value than 82% of Strategy games
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Ark Nova scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/2438990/ark-nova<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/2438990/ark-nova"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/2438990" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/2438990/ark-nova)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 4h ago.
Peak 115Low 115Latest 115
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
Low $14.94High $22.99Now $22.99
Price line + bands by tier:FairSkipPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
The lowest price on record is $14.94, set in June 2026. It has been discounted 10 times in the 2 years tracked here, typically at 25 percent off, with about 4 weeks between sales. The math puts its BANGER price at $2.83. No recorded sale has reached it yet.
On value it sits in the top 18 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Dune: Imperium ($22.99, scores 55) beats it on value, while it beats Eternal Card Game (free, scores 41).
Steam's global achievement data says about 1 percent of players ever finish it. On a 1.4-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).