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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Factorio
Factorio is the more played game right now: 16,750 players on Steam against 13,080 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 28% more players. Factorio has been ahead for 42 days straight, and has led on 55 days of the 84 days Coilr has tracked both games.
Factorio also has the better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 83%. ARK: Survival Evolved is currently 34% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Factorio leads 7 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, read every 10 minutes. Both are Indie games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 127h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 233h in Factorio. 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
Factorio
233h
average of 52 members
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ARK: Survival Evolved
11,468Factorio
13,654Daily averages · latest day · Factorio, 19% ahead of ARK: Survival Evolved
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Read every 10 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
Factorio has had the higher daily player count for the last 42 days. ARK: Survival Evolved last led on Aug 27, 2026.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 29 daysFactorio led 55 days
- Days tracked
- 84
- Current streak
- 42 days
- Factorio
- Lead changes
- 13
- Closest gap
- <1%
- Aug 2, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 84 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 | Factorio |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 13,080 | 16,750 |
| 24-hour peak | 17,985 | 18,219 |
| 7-day average | 13,486 | 16,714 |
| 30-day average | 13,391 | 15,631 |
| 30-day trend | −20% | −9% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 27,395 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 98% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 778,627 | 235,374 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Aug 14, 2020 |
| Price | $9.89 (−34%) | $35.00 |
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 | Factorio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | 8,348 | 16,695 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,273 | 29,867 | 17,214 | 26,886 |
| Aug 2026 | 17,512 | 27,955 | 17,479 | 27,395 |
| Sep 2026 | 13,953 | 25,574 | 15,694 | 25,899 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 13,408 | 23,023 | 15,701 | 24,085 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, ARK: Survival Evolved or Factorio?
Factorio currently has more players: 16,750 concurrent players on Steam vs 13,080 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 28% more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Factorio on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 13,391 concurrent players and Factorio averaged 15,631. By that measure Factorio is currently the bigger game.
Has ARK: Survival Evolved ever had more players than Factorio?
Yes. Across the 84 days Coilr has tracked both games, ARK: Survival Evolved had the higher daily average on 29 days, most recently on Aug 27, 2026. Factorio has led for the last 42 days.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than Factorio?
By Steam review score, Factorio rates higher: 98% positive across 235,374 reviews vs 83% across 778,627 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Factorio has the larger player base right now (16,750 vs 13,080 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 13,391 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Is Factorio growing or declining on Steam?
Factorio averaged 15,631 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 27,395.
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