PixARK

I became emotional dependent from an Argentavi named Phoenix. If something happens to him, I'm going to unalive everyone on the world then myself.
Edit 1: Phoenix died. He was murderer by a gargole. I killed the gargole. Now I have tamed a fairy dragon named Albion.
Edit 2: Albion died too. He was murderer by a Gryffon. Now I'm planning my revenge.

I have over 500 hours of regular ark on my other steam file and only a few hours of this. But between them I recommend PixArk honestly.
Regular ARK:
-Harder overall. There's a lot to learn and you invest a large amount of time into taming dinosaurs, if you make a mistake and your dinosaurs die you have to invest more time into taming them.
-Significantly more grindy. I hate having to fly my anklyo to a metal mountain 100 times to make decent gear or a base.
-Takes 100 years to tame everything and even longer to fly across the map.
PixArk (With around 6 hours played thus far)
-Easier than regular Ark. Your character is actually strong and with armor and a weapon you can fight and win vs a lot of dinosaurs. Feelsgoodman.
-Things tame so much faster. If you make a mistake and your dinosaurs die you don't have to invest 3 hours into taming more. A bigger range of taming speed options in the menus too.
-Things have lower torpor. They are way easier to knock down. So you can tame an Argentavis without chasing it for 3 miles. You don't need to bola Pteranodons or raptors.
-You can dig and build like minecraft. I love being able to go underground and mine for a long time. Early game you get access to a drill and you can tunnel at extreme speed.
-Has mythical creatures and different biomes. I like being chased by gargoyles and bone dragons.
I'll drop in and update this review as I learn more about the game. But for now I think it's worth it's full price if you have someone to play it with. No glitches so far for me and my friends.
tldr; PixArk is like a casual version of Ark mixed with Minecraft. It seems to respect your time and I appreciate that.

The depths of my autism can finally be unleashed.

Minecraft + ARK = PixARK

An honestly fun alternative to both Ark and Minecraft, that's a lot easier on lower end computers.

The game is great.
I kindly wish to raise your awareness to people trying to cheat you out of your steam points: The following comment is copy and paste from a lot of reviews on steam. People do that to trick you into giving you steam points (the steam currency) by posting something to appeal to your human compassionate aspect thereby ripping you off because it is all ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, lies and deceipt.
"I am a 52 year old father, probably one of the oldest people playing this game. I am a single father to my son, who is now 16. My son recently started Dinkum and in less than a week, he had already played for over 20 hours. This was terrible for me, as it was already hard enough for me to spend time with my son, as he is always out with his friends or just watching videos on Tiktok. So I decided to make a Steam account and get this game to see if I could maybe play alongside him. I loaded into the game, did the tutorial but I was stuck on what you where supposed to do. I asked my Son for help and he hosted a game for me to join. I loved it as it was the best time I had spent with my Son since my wife had died. This game has ever since brought my son and I closer again and now we actually spend time together outside the house as well. This game reminded me that there's fun to be had in everything, and it has brought both me and my Son many happy memories."

Its really great game, the issue is that the development was poor on release and killed the fan base. I think a proper repromotion of the now working game would be wonderful- its minecraft meets ark. dig for enemy bases, or build cities with your buddies taming creatures of myth and legend. Youll love this game seriously- we just need more people to finally try it out for the REAL experience it offers