Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Grim Dawn is currently the more played game: 22,677 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 22,480 for ARK: Survival Evolved — a similar number of players. Grim Dawn also has the better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 83%. Across all tracked metrics, ARK: Survival Evolved leads 6 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 56 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
56
Current streak
56 days
ARK: Survival Evolved
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
5%
Jul 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 56 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Grim Dawn |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 22,480 | 22,677 |
| 24-hour peak | 27,906 | 26,294 |
| 7-day average | 19,562 | 9,043 |
| 30-day average | 19,113 | 5,415 |
| 30-day trend | +3% | +86% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 26,294 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 82% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 773,557 | 107,489 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Feb 25, 2016 |
| Price | $14.99 | $24.99 |
Full stats: ARK: Survival Evolved · Grim Dawn · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | Grim Dawn | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 2,842 | 2,912 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,620 | 32,239 | 3,060 | 6,107 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,323 | 30,082 | 5,837 | 26,294 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Grim Dawn currently has more players: 22,677 concurrent players on Steam vs 22,480 for ARK: Survival Evolved — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 19,113 concurrent players and Grim Dawn averaged 5,415. By that measure ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: ARK: Survival Evolved has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 56 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Grim Dawn rates higher: 94% positive across 107,489 reviews vs 83% across 773,557 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Grim Dawn has the larger player base right now (22,677 vs 22,480 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 19,113 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Grim Dawn averaged 5,415 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 86% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,294.