Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / RPG games.
ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the more played game: 18,399 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 14,809 for ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN — about 24% more players. ARK: Survival Evolved is currently 34% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, ARK: Survival Evolved leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
ARK: Survival Evolved has had the higher daily player count for the last 5 days — ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN last led on Jul 11, 2026.
Days tracked
47
Current streak
5 days
ARK: Survival Evolved
Lead changes
12
Closest gap
<1%
Jun 2, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 47 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 18,399 | 14,809 |
| 24-hour peak | 25,559 | 32,612 |
| 7-day average | 19,474 | 18,120 |
| 30-day average | 18,631 | 18,136 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | −5% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 42,816 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 82% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 74% positive |
| Total reviews | 772,011 | 187,163 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 26, 2017 | May 28, 2025 |
| Price | $9.89 (−34%) | $39.99 |
Full stats: ARK: Survival Evolved · ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 21,536 | 42,816 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,616 | 32,239 | 18,277 | 40,851 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,049 | 29,263 | 18,357 | 40,719 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
ARK: Survival Evolved currently has more players: 18,399 concurrent players on Steam vs 14,809 for ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN — about 24% more players.
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 18,631 concurrent players and ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN averaged 18,136. By that measure ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 47 days Coilr has tracked both games, ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN had the higher daily average on 14 days, most recently on Jul 11, 2026. ARK: Survival Evolved has led for the last 5 days.
By Steam review score, ARK: Survival Evolved rates higher: 83% positive across 772,011 reviews vs 82% across 187,163 for ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN. ARK: Survival Evolved has the larger player base right now (18,399 vs 14,809 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 18,631 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN averaged 18,136 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,816.