Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the more played game: 23,599 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 11,240 for No Man's Sky — about 2.1× more players. No Man's Sky counters with better Steam reviews: 85% positive vs 83%. 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 80 days — No Man's Sky last led on Apr 22, 2026.
Days tracked
89
Current streak
80 days
ARK: Survival Evolved
Lead changes
3
Closest gap
<1%
Apr 23, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 89 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | No Man's Sky |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 23,599 | 11,240 |
| 24-hour peak | 28,009 | 11,667 |
| 7-day average | 19,087 | 8,256 |
| 30-day average | 19,497 | 9,159 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | −25% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 26,197 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 85% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 84% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 774,222 | 412,560 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Aug 12, 2016 |
| Price | $14.99 | $59.99 |
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| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | No Man's Sky | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | 12,944 | 17,194 |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 8,880 | 10,545 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | 12,843 | 26,197 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,265 | 30,082 | 9,225 | 16,251 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 20,683 | 28,009 | 8,679 | 11,667 |
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: 23,599 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,240 for No Man's Sky — about 2.1× more players.
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 19,497 concurrent players and No Man's Sky averaged 9,159. By that measure ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 89 days Coilr has tracked both games, No Man's Sky had the higher daily average on 7 days, most recently on Apr 22, 2026. ARK: Survival Evolved has led for the last 80 days.
By Steam review score, No Man's Sky rates higher: 85% positive across 412,560 reviews vs 83% across 774,222 for ARK: Survival Evolved. ARK: Survival Evolved has the larger player base right now (23,599 vs 11,240 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 19,497 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
No Man's Sky averaged 9,159 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 25% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,197.