Ark Nova
Skip · Strategy · 2025
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$22.99Skip
On its price record
$21.45Fair
- Length
- 1.4h
- Value
- $16.42/hr
- Reviews
- 94% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 4 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 30% ($16.09)
- Last discount ended
- yesterday
Watch it for a saleSources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Plan and build a modern, scientifically managed zoo to support conservation projects in an acclaimed strategy board game.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $14.94. That was June 2026. It has been discounted 12 times in the 2 years tracked here, typically at 25 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended yesterday. No sale on record has reached $2.88, the price it would take to be a BANGER.
Value puts it in the top 18 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Root ($14.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition ($19.99, scores 28).
Of the 348 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2024 to August 2026.
The drop-off
67% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Ark Nova scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2438990/ark-novaReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 1.
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