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ARK: Survival Ascended vs Enshrouded
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
ARK: Survival Ascended is currently the more played game: 17,955 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 3,642 for Enshrouded, about 5× more players. ARK: Survival Ascended has been ahead for 37 days straight. Enshrouded counters with better Steam reviews: 86% positive vs 60%. ARK: Survival Ascended is currently 75% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, ARK: Survival Ascended leads 6 of 8.
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 July 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
ARK: Survival Ascended has had the higher daily player count for the last 37 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Ascended led 37 daysEnshrouded led 0 days
Days tracked
37
Current streak
37 days
ARK: Survival Ascended
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
64%
Aug 21, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 37 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Ascended | Enshrouded |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 17,955 | 3,642 |
| 24-hour peak | 32,570 | 10,822 |
| 7-day average | 23,750 | 7,104 |
| 30-day average | 23,599 | 6,719 |
| 30-day trend | — | −3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 38,557 | 14,125 |
| Steam reviews | 60% positive | 86% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 63% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 115,802 | 104,926 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 24, 2023 | Jan 24, 2024 |
| Price | $11.24 (−75%) | $22.49 (−25%) |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Ascended | Enshrouded | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Jul 2026 | 26,433 | 34,799 | 6,914 | 13,064 |
| Aug 2026 | 23,917 | 38,557 | 6,753 | 14,125 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 19,692 | 21,881 | 5,209 | 7,128 |
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 Enshrouded?
ARK: Survival Ascended currently has more players: 17,955 concurrent players on Steam vs 3,642 for Enshrouded, about 5× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Ascended bigger than Enshrouded on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Ascended averaged 23,599 concurrent players and Enshrouded averaged 6,719. By that measure ARK: Survival Ascended is currently the bigger game.
Has Enshrouded 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 37 days both games have been tracked.
Is ARK: Survival Ascended better than Enshrouded?
By Steam review score, Enshrouded rates higher: 86% positive across 104,926 reviews vs 60% across 115,802 for ARK: Survival Ascended. ARK: Survival Ascended has the larger player base right now (17,955 vs 3,642 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Enshrouded growing or declining on Steam?
Enshrouded averaged 6,719 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,125.