How to Fix ARK: Survival Evolved Not Launching Steam

Some hardware configurations can prevent the game from running properly. To solve your technical problems and quickly get your game up and running, simply follow our guide here.

Solution 1: Run As Administrator

1- Right-click on the game icon

2- Click on Run As Administrator

Solution 2: Microsoft Visual C++

Try Installing Mircosoft Visual C++ Redistributable from the link below

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#visual-studio-2015-2017-2019-and-2022

Choose, Download, and install the appropriate version for you Windows X86 OR X64

Solution 3: Update GPU Drivers

One of the solutions is to try to update your GPU drivers. Sometimes outdated drivers can really affect the FPS or our right refuse to run the game.

Nvidia: https://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx

AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/support

Solution 4: Verifying Game Files

If head over to Steam, right-click on the game from the Library and select Properties from the menu. Select the Local files tab and click Verify integrity of game files

Solution 5: Restart Steam

1- Right-click anywhere empty on the start menu, Click in Task Manager.

2- Locate Steam, Right Click and Click on End Task

Solution 6: Reinstall

If nothing worked from the list, give it a try reinstalling. A not working game is just some files sitting on your hard drive. So it won’t hurt to try reinstalling a not working game. If you really hesitate to reinstall due to low-speed internet copy the original files somewhere safe and try your luck.