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ARK: Survival Ascended vs RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
ARK: Survival Ascended is currently the more played game: 20,216 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 18,509 for RuneScape: Dragonwilds, a similar number of players. ARK: Survival Ascended has been ahead for 50 days straight. RuneScape: Dragonwilds counters with better Steam reviews: 81% positive vs 60%. Across all tracked metrics, ARK: Survival Ascended leads 7 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 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 50 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Ascended led 50 daysRuneScape: Dragonwilds led 0 days
Days tracked
50
Current streak
50 days
ARK: Survival Ascended
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
50%
Sep 15, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 50 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Ascended | RuneScape: Dragonwilds |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 20,216 | 18,509 |
| 24-hour peak | 25,482 | 18,630 |
| 7-day average | 22,392 | 9,719 |
| 30-day average | 23,218 | 6,384 |
| 30-day trend | −9% | −8% |
| Peak (tracked) | 40,224 | 18,630 |
| Steam reviews | 60% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 59% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 117,174 | 29,571 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~500,000 |
| Release date | Oct 24, 2023 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Price | $44.99 | $29.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Ascended | RuneScape: Dragonwilds | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Jul 2026 | 26,433 | 34,799 | 3,935 | 5,804 |
| Aug 2026 | 23,921 | 38,546 | 3,803 | 6,831 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 23,973 | 40,224 | 4,228 | 18,630 |
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 RuneScape: Dragonwilds?
ARK: Survival Ascended currently has more players: 20,216 concurrent players on Steam vs 18,509 for RuneScape: Dragonwilds, a similar number of players.
Is ARK: Survival Ascended bigger than RuneScape: Dragonwilds on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Ascended averaged 23,218 concurrent players and RuneScape: Dragonwilds averaged 6,384. By that measure ARK: Survival Ascended is currently the bigger game.
Has RuneScape: Dragonwilds 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 50 days both games have been tracked.
Is ARK: Survival Ascended better than RuneScape: Dragonwilds?
By Steam review score, RuneScape: Dragonwilds rates higher: 81% positive across 29,571 reviews vs 60% across 117,174 for ARK: Survival Ascended. ARK: Survival Ascended has the larger player base right now (20,216 vs 18,509 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 23,218 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 40,224.
Is RuneScape: Dragonwilds growing or declining on Steam?
RuneScape: Dragonwilds averaged 6,384 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 8% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 18,630.