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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Don't Starve Together
Don't Starve Together is the more played game right now: 24,168 players on Steam against 9,700 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 2.5× more players. Don't Starve Together has been ahead for 130 days straight, and has led on 164 days of the 166 days Coilr has tracked both games.
Don't Starve Together also has the better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 83%. Don't Starve Together is currently 66% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Don't Starve Together leads 8 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. ARK: Survival Evolved is read every 10 minutes, Don't Starve Together every 5 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 127h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 27.1h 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
127h
average of 102 members
Don't Starve Together
27.1h
average of 130 members
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ARK: Survival Evolved
11,555Don't Starve Together
23,052Daily averages · latest day · Don't Starve Together, 99% ahead of ARK: Survival Evolved
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · ARK: Survival Evolved is read every 10 minutes, Don't Starve Together every 5 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
Don't Starve Together has had the higher daily player count for the last 130 days. ARK: Survival Evolved last led on Jun 1, 2026.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 2 daysDon't Starve Together led 164 days
- Days tracked
- 166
- Current streak
- 130 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 own Steam readings), compared on the 166 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 Evolved | Don't Starve Together |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 9,700 | 24,168 |
| 24-hour peak | 17,985 | 48,644 |
| 7-day average | 13,449 | 31,103 |
| 30-day average | 13,358 | 27,810 |
| 30-day trend | −19% | −10% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 121,283 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 95% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 778,627 | 543,865 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Apr 21, 2016 |
| Price | $9.89 (−34%) | $5.09 (−66%) |
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 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 | 37,731 | 98,869 |
| Aug 2026 | 17,512 | 27,955 | 29,229 | 61,806 |
| Sep 2026 | 13,952 | 25,574 | 24,765 | 58,763 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 13,140 | 23,023 | 27,255 | 55,252 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, ARK: Survival Evolved or Don't Starve Together?
Don't Starve Together currently has more players: 24,168 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,700 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 2.5× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Don't Starve Together on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 13,358 concurrent players and Don't Starve Together averaged 27,810. 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 166 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 130 days.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than Don't Starve Together?
By Steam review score, Don't Starve Together rates higher: 95% positive across 543,865 reviews vs 83% across 778,627 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Don't Starve Together has the larger player base right now (24,168 vs 9,700 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 13,358 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 19% 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 27,810 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 10% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 121,283.
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