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ARK: Survival Ascended vs SCUM
ARK: Survival Ascended is the more played game right now: 22,596 players on Steam against 12,229 for SCUM, about 1.8× more players. ARK: Survival Ascended has been ahead for 86 days straight.
SCUM counters with better Steam reviews: 74% positive vs 60%. SCUM is currently 60% off on Steam.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. ARK: Survival Ascended is read every 10 minutes, SCUM every 30 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 57.8h in ARK: Survival Ascended and 46.3h in SCUM. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
ARK: Survival Ascended
57.8h
average of 18 members
SCUM
46.3h
average of 14 members
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ARK: Survival Ascended
17,905SCUM
7,478Daily averages · latest day · ARK: Survival Ascended, 2.4× the players of SCUM
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Tracked by Coilr since July 2026 · ARK: Survival Ascended is read every 10 minutes, SCUM every 30 minutes · methodology
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.
Head-to-head record
ARK: Survival Ascended has had the higher daily player count for the last 86 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Ascended led 86 daysSCUM led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 86
- Current streak
- 86 days
- ARK: Survival Ascended
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 54%
- Oct 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 86 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | ARK: Survival Ascended | SCUM |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 22,596 | 12,229 |
| 24-hour peak | 23,748 | 12,236 |
| 7-day average | 19,238 | 7,879 |
| 30-day average | 19,569 | 7,380 |
| 30-day trend | −16% | −9% |
| Peak (tracked) | 40,199 | 16,947 |
| Steam reviews | 60% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 60% positive | 66% positive |
| Total reviews | 119,599 | 127,576 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 24, 2023 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Price | $44.99 | $17.99 (−60%) |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | ARK: Survival Ascended | SCUM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Jul 2026 | 26,433 | 34,799 | 9,230 | 16,947 |
| Aug 2026 | 23,920 | 38,546 | 8,418 | 15,862 |
| Sep 2026 | 21,479 | 40,199 | 7,551 | 15,731 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 20,057 | 33,997 | 7,716 | 15,296 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, ARK: Survival Ascended or SCUM?
ARK: Survival Ascended currently has more players: 22,596 concurrent players on Steam vs 12,229 for SCUM, about 1.8× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Ascended bigger than SCUM on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Ascended averaged 19,569 concurrent players and SCUM averaged 7,380. By that measure ARK: Survival Ascended is currently the bigger game.
Has SCUM 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 86 days both games have been tracked.
Is ARK: Survival Ascended better than SCUM?
By Steam review score, SCUM rates higher: 74% positive across 127,576 reviews vs 60% across 119,599 for ARK: Survival Ascended. ARK: Survival Ascended has the larger player base right now (22,596 vs 12,229 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 19,569 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 16% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 40,199.
Is SCUM growing or declining on Steam?
SCUM averaged 7,380 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 16,947.
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