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ARK: Survival Ascended vs ARK: Survival Evolved
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
ARK: Survival Ascended is currently the more played game: 20,492 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 12,702 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 1.6× more players. ARK: Survival Ascended has been ahead for 52 days straight. ARK: Survival Evolved counters with better Steam reviews: 83% positive vs 60%. Across all tracked metrics, ARK: Survival Ascended leads 6 of 10.
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
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Player count history
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
ARK: Survival Ascended has had the higher daily player count for the last 52 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Ascended led 52 daysARK: Survival Evolved led 0 days
Days tracked
52
Current streak
52 days
ARK: Survival Ascended
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
8%
Aug 21, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 52 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Ascended | ARK: Survival Evolved |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 20,492 | 12,702 |
| 24-hour peak | 24,553 | 18,221 |
| 7-day average | 22,242 | 13,974 |
| 30-day average | 23,103 | 15,729 |
| 30-day trend | −9% | −16% |
| Peak (tracked) | 40,224 | 32,239 |
| Steam reviews | 60% positive | 83% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 61% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 117,694 | 777,537 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 24, 2023 | Aug 27, 2017 |
| Price | $44.99 | $14.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Ascended | ARK: Survival Evolved | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 13,269 | 17,759 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 14,448 | 27,709 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 18,608 | 32,239 |
| Jul 2026 | 26,433 | 34,799 | 19,273 | 29,867 |
| Aug 2026 | 23,919 | 38,546 | 17,508 | 27,955 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 23,642 | 40,224 | 14,718 | 25,801 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Frequently asked
Which has more players, ARK: Survival Ascended or ARK: Survival Evolved?
ARK: Survival Ascended currently has more players: 20,492 concurrent players on Steam vs 12,702 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 1.6× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Ascended bigger than ARK: Survival Evolved on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Ascended averaged 23,103 concurrent players and ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 15,729. By that measure ARK: Survival Ascended is currently the bigger game.
Has ARK: Survival Evolved ever had more players than ARK: Survival Ascended?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: ARK: Survival Ascended has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 52 days both games have been tracked.
Is ARK: Survival Ascended better than ARK: Survival Evolved?
By Steam review score, ARK: Survival Evolved rates higher: 83% positive across 777,537 reviews vs 60% across 117,694 for ARK: Survival Ascended. ARK: Survival Ascended has the larger player base right now (20,492 vs 12,702 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is ARK: Survival Ascended growing or declining on Steam?
ARK: Survival Ascended averaged 23,103 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 40,224.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved growing or declining on Steam?
ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 15,729 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 16% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.