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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Don't Starve Together
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Don't Starve Together is currently the more played game: 36,656 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 20,642 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 1.8× more players. Don't Starve Together has been ahead for 86 days straight, and has led on 120 days of the 122 days Coilr has tracked both games. Don't Starve Together also has the better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 83%. ARK: Survival Evolved is currently 34% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Don't Starve Together 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.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 122h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 13.9h in Don't Starve Together. 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 Evolved
122h
average of 60 members
Don't Starve Together
13.9h
average of 76 members
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Player count history
ARK: Survival EvolvedDon't Starve Together
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
Don't Starve Together has had the higher daily player count for the last 86 days. ARK: Survival Evolved last led on Jun 1, 2026.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 2 daysDon't Starve Together led 120 days
Days tracked
122
Current streak
86 days
Don't Starve Together
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
<1%
May 26, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 122 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Don't Starve Together |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 20,642 | 36,656 |
| 24-hour peak | 22,744 | 50,312 |
| 7-day average | 16,785 | 28,452 |
| 30-day average | 17,686 | 29,660 |
| 30-day trend | −8% | −25% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 121,283 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 95% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 84% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 775,792 | 541,736 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Apr 21, 2016 |
| Price | $9.89 (−34%) | $14.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | Don't Starve Together | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | 18,667 | 24,839 |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 21,100 | 48,796 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | 40,545 | 121,283 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,273 | 29,867 | 37,732 | 98,869 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 17,581 | 28,009 | 29,665 | 62,329 |
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 Evolved or Don't Starve Together?
Don't Starve Together currently has more players: 36,656 concurrent players on Steam vs 20,642 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 1.8× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Don't Starve Together on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 17,686 concurrent players and Don't Starve Together averaged 29,660. By that measure Don't Starve Together is currently the bigger game.
Has ARK: Survival Evolved ever had more players than Don't Starve Together?
Yes. Across the 122 days Coilr has tracked both games, ARK: Survival Evolved had the higher daily average on 2 days, most recently on Jun 1, 2026. Don't Starve Together has led for the last 86 days.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than Don't Starve Together?
By Steam review score, Don't Starve Together rates higher: 95% positive across 541,736 reviews vs 83% across 775,792 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Don't Starve Together has the larger player base right now (36,656 vs 20,642 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved growing or declining on Steam?
ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 17,686 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 8% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Is Don't Starve Together growing or declining on Steam?
Don't Starve Together averaged 29,660 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 25% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 121,283.