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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Project Zomboid
Project Zomboid is the more played game right now: 70,666 players on Steam against 21,939 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 3× more players. Project Zomboid has been ahead for 142 days straight.
Project Zomboid also has the better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 83%. Across all tracked metrics, Project Zomboid leads 7 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. ARK: Survival Evolved is read every 10 minutes, Project Zomboid every 5 minutes. Both are Indie / RPG games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 140h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 52.6h 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
140h
average of 111 members
Project Zomboid
52.6h
average of 137 members
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ARK: Survival Evolved
16,811Project Zomboid
60,724Daily averages · latest day · Project Zomboid, 3.6× the players of ARK: Survival Evolved
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · ARK: Survival Evolved is read every 10 minutes, Project Zomboid every 5 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
Project Zomboid has had the higher daily player count for the last 142 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 0 daysProject Zomboid led 142 days
- Days tracked
- 142
- Current streak
- 142 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 own Steam readings), compared on the 142 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 | Project Zomboid |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 21,939 | 70,666 |
| 24-hour peak | 22,609 | 75,333 |
| 7-day average | 13,384 | 51,611 |
| 30-day average | 13,422 | 50,126 |
| 30-day trend | −13% | −24% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 124,894 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 89% positive |
| Total reviews | 779,578 | 489,288 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Nov 8, 2013 |
| Price | $14.99 | $24.99 |
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 | 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 | 19,273 | 29,867 | 30,025 | 86,490 |
| Aug 2026 | 17,512 | 27,955 | 77,386 | 124,894 |
| Sep 2026 | 13,960 | 25,574 | 54,925 | 100,580 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 13,524 | 23,307 | 51,917 | 82,545 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, ARK: Survival Evolved or Project Zomboid?
Project Zomboid currently has more players: 70,666 concurrent players on Steam vs 21,939 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 3× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Project Zomboid on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 13,422 concurrent players and Project Zomboid averaged 50,126. 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 142 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 489,288 reviews vs 83% across 779,578 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Project Zomboid has the larger player base right now (70,666 vs 21,939 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 13,422 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Is Project Zomboid growing or declining on Steam?
Project Zomboid averaged 50,126 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 24% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 124,894.
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