Lost Ark

Lost Ark

Smilegate RPG · February 11, 2022 · MMORPG, Free to Play, Action RPG, Multiplayer, Hack and Slash

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Lost Ark price

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About Lost Ark

✦ AI summary

Chase the Lost Ark across seven sprawling continents in this free-to-play action RPG, battling hordes of enemies and colossal bosses solo or with others in dungeons, raids, and open-world PvP. Customize your combat style through multiple class options and a deep Tripod skill system that lets you fine-tune every ability to match your playstyle.

Embark on an odyssey for the Lost Ark in a vast, vibrant world: explore new lands, seek out lost treasures, and test yourself in thrilling action combat. Define your fighting style with your class and advanced class, and customize your skills, weapons, and gear to bring your might to bear as you fight against hordes of enemies, colossal bosses, and dark forces seeking the power of the Ark in this action-packed free-to-play RPG.
Discover a World Brimming with Adventure
Explore seven vast, varied continents and the seas between them to find vibrant cultures, strange and fantastical beasts, and all the unexpected marvels waiting to be discovered. Delve into the secrets of Arkesia, prove your might in battles and raids, compete against other players in PvP, travel to distant islands in search of hidden riches, face packs of enemies and colossal bosses in the open world, and more.
Your Odyssey Awaits
Splash into massively satisfying ARPG-style combat and progression as you quest, raid, and fight on the scope of an MMO. Whether you want to play solo, in groups with friends, or matched up with other adventurers in the world, there’s an epic adventure waiting for you. Fight in the open world or delve into chaos dungeons, go head-to-head in expert PvP duels, test your mettle on epic quests, raid against bosses big and small, and hold your own in the fight against the Demon Legion to reclaim the power and light of the Lost Ark.
Define Your Fight
Lost Ark offers easy-to-learn features with unexpected depth and room for customization. Hit the ground running with pick-up-and-play action then take control of your combat with the unique Tripod system. Unlock three tiers of customization for each of your abilities, giving you powerful control of exactly how you fight. Lost Ark’s ever-expanding roster of iconic classes—each with their own distinct advanced classes—offers plenty of room to explore until you find the combat style that’s just right for you.

The same goes for other features: as you continue your journey, you’ll find non-combat skills, crafting, guilds and social systems, and other rich features that bring the world alive. Whether you want to skim along the surface or dive deep into the details is up to you.

ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES:
Personalize your adventure with accessibility settings before game play. Enable numerous options including chat text enlargement, color blindness filters, photosensitivity mode, toggleable camera shake, and subtitle settings to create your optimal experience. Define your audio preferences with settings for volume controls, mono sound, stereo sound, and surround sound. You can also adjust game inputs via input remapping options and mouse/keyboard control settings. Lastly, define game inputs via input remapping options, and make sure no message is missed with chat text-to-speech and speech-to-text.

Lost Ark — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Online co-op
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

Lost Ark in the rankings

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players are divided on this game. Supporters praise the smooth gameplay, engaging story, and addictive RPG mechanics, while critics highlight serious issues including a predatory gear upgrade system, rampant botting that has damaged the economy, pay-to-win elements, poorly designed raids with toxic communities, and security concerns with account hacking and in-game currency exploits. The game appears to have solid combat fundamentals but is hampered by monetization practices and endgame problems that frustrate many players.

Not recommended Sep 30, 2026
Turned out to be predatory korean trash.... Sadly it had potential to be something better.
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Not recommended Oct 1, 2026
Tried it once long ago and after reading into it more, there's no need to engage with p2w/timegated systems to access good top-down ARPG content. There is no shortage of good ARPGs that can be had for a few bucks.
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 30, 2026
AVOID AT ALL COST
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Recommended Oct 1, 2026
Game is fun but i have been left playing by myself lately as my friends have either quit or moved on to other static groups and playing alone in an MMO is not really fun. I don't regret all the time i've spent playing as most of it has been enjoyable but it's just time i move on to something else. If you have a friend or two to jump into the game with there is tons of fun to be had, the combat is amazing the raids are fun and they have drastically reduced the amount of daily things you have to do to keep progressing. Overall i'd give Lost Ark a 8.5/10
Recommended Oct 1, 2026
Recommend, only for those who understand the nature of this game. It's free to play at the beginning. It will allow you to play for 40 hours or more to go through the main story and sidequests. You get to explore and absorb the lore of the game. Great character creation. Great combat. Manageable UI/menu, may need to adapt. Average or better lifeskill system. Ok, map & navigation. Just enjoy the experience the game gives for fre, but don't set any lofty ambitions towards endgame goals. DO NOT RECOMMEND, if you do not know that there is an endgame paywall, where progression is heavily monetized. Backend fee structure is their revenue source, quite heavily loaded with their difficult gear progression. May seem unfair, but that is what a lot of these companies use as their financial models.
Recommended Sep 30, 2026
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Patch notes & news

Latest updates from Steam.

Community Announcements · amzn_mrlovan Aug 12, 2026

An Update on Lost Ark in the West

Amazon Game Studios is transferring Lost Ark's Western operations to Smilegate in early 2027.

Community Announcements · mathusto Aug 11, 2026

The Bitter Cold — August Update

Kazeros Raid: Act 2 Extreme introduces a limited-time challenging version of the Phantom Manifester Brelshaza encounter with three difficulty tiers and new rewards including Coins of Fire and Ice.

Community Announcements · mathusto Jul 14, 2026

The Summer Extremes Release Notes

Kazeros Raid Act 1 Extreme launches with three difficulty tiers, while Solo Mode expands to Acts 4 and Denouement, and new Matchmaking Mode debuts for Serca at reduced difficulty.

Community Announcements · mathusto Jun 26, 2026

June Team Update

Kazeros Challenge Express, Twilight Road, Twilight Exchange Shop, and Mokoko Bootcamp events ending August 19 instead of September 16.

Community Announcements · mathusto Jun 15, 2026

Community Emote Design Competition 2026

Lost Ark is accepting community submissions for new in-game emotes with a chance for selected designs to be added to the game.

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