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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Project Zomboid
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / RPG games.
Project Zomboid is currently the more played game: 80,608 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 19,909 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 4× more players. Project Zomboid has been ahead for 91 days straight. Project Zomboid also has the better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 83%. ARK: Survival Evolved is currently 34% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Project Zomboid leads 8 of 10.
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.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 125h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 47.1h in Project Zomboid. 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
125h
average of 65 members
Project Zomboid
47.1h
average of 70 members
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Player count history
ARK: Survival EvolvedProject Zomboid
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
Project Zomboid has had the higher daily player count for the last 91 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 0 daysProject Zomboid led 91 days
Days tracked
91
Current streak
91 days
Project Zomboid
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
14%
Jun 1, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 91 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Project Zomboid |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 19,909 | 80,608 |
| 24-hour peak | 23,297 | 81,630 |
| 7-day average | 16,782 | 72,987 |
| 30-day average | 17,482 | 76,524 |
| 30-day trend | −9% | +181% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 124,995 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 84% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 775,792 | 473,853 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Nov 8, 2013 |
| Price | $9.89 (−34%) | $24.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | Project Zomboid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 26,844 | 38,458 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | 24,896 | 38,508 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,272 | 29,867 | 29,992 | 86,603 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 17,448 | 28,009 | 77,458 | 124,995 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Frequently asked
Which has more players, ARK: Survival Evolved or Project Zomboid?
Project Zomboid currently has more players: 80,608 concurrent players on Steam vs 19,909 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 4× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Project Zomboid on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 17,482 concurrent players and Project Zomboid averaged 76,524. By that measure Project Zomboid is currently the bigger game.
Has ARK: Survival Evolved ever had more players than Project Zomboid?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Project Zomboid has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 91 days both games have been tracked.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than Project Zomboid?
By Steam review score, Project Zomboid rates higher: 94% positive across 473,853 reviews vs 83% across 775,792 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Project Zomboid has the larger player base right now (80,608 vs 19,909 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 17,482 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Is Project Zomboid growing or declining on Steam?
Project Zomboid averaged 76,524 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 181% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 124,995.