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ARK: Survival Ascended vs The Isle
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 19,166 for The Isle, a similar number of players. ARK: Survival Ascended has been ahead for 52 days straight. The Isle counters with better Steam reviews: 80% 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 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 52 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Ascended led 52 daysThe Isle led 0 days
Days tracked
52
Current streak
52 days
ARK: Survival Ascended
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
<1%
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 | The Isle |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 20,492 | 19,166 |
| 24-hour peak | 24,553 | 23,025 |
| 7-day average | 22,242 | 18,353 |
| 30-day average | 23,103 | 18,459 |
| 30-day trend | −9% | +27% |
| Peak (tracked) | 40,224 | 27,965 |
| Steam reviews | 60% positive | 80% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 61% positive | 81% positive |
| Total reviews | 117,694 | 120,257 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~500,000 |
| Release date | Oct 24, 2023 | Nov 30, 2015 |
| Price | $44.99 | $19.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Ascended | The Isle | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Jul 2026 | 26,433 | 34,799 | 13,709 | 16,661 |
| Aug 2026 | 23,919 | 38,546 | 16,603 | 27,965 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 23,642 | 40,224 | 18,501 | 27,789 |
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 The Isle?
ARK: Survival Ascended currently has more players: 20,492 concurrent players on Steam vs 19,166 for The Isle, a similar number of players.
Is ARK: Survival Ascended bigger than The Isle on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Ascended averaged 23,103 concurrent players and The Isle averaged 18,459. By that measure ARK: Survival Ascended is currently the bigger game.
Has The Isle 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 The Isle?
By Steam review score, The Isle rates higher: 80% positive across 120,257 reviews vs 60% across 117,694 for ARK: Survival Ascended. ARK: Survival Ascended has the larger player base right now (20,492 vs 19,166 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 The Isle growing or declining on Steam?
The Isle averaged 18,459 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 27% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 27,965.