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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Raft
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure / Indie games.
ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the more played game: 16,399 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 7,060 for Raft, about 2.3× more players. ARK: Survival Evolved has been ahead for 86 days straight. Raft counters with better Steam reviews: 93% positive vs 83%. Across all tracked metrics, ARK: Survival Evolved 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 129h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 40.2h in Raft. 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
129h
average of 56 members
Raft
40.2h
average of 43 members
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Player count history
ARK: Survival EvolvedRaft
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
ARK: Survival Evolved has had the higher daily player count for the last 86 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 86 daysRaft led 0 days
Days tracked
86
Current streak
86 days
ARK: Survival Evolved
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
37%
Jun 30, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 86 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Raft |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 16,399 | 7,060 |
| 24-hour peak | 23,307 | 10,622 |
| 7-day average | 16,925 | 6,450 |
| 30-day average | 17,999 | 6,738 |
| 30-day trend | −6% | −27% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 22,226 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 93% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 84% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 775,792 | 377,311 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Jun 20, 2022 |
| Price | $14.99 | $19.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | Raft | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 7,884 | 8,403 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | 7,533 | 21,101 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,275 | 29,867 | 8,575 | 22,226 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 17,725 | 28,009 | 6,669 | 12,922 |
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 Raft?
ARK: Survival Evolved currently has more players: 16,399 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,060 for Raft, about 2.3× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Raft on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 17,999 concurrent players and Raft averaged 6,738. By that measure ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the bigger game.
Has Raft ever had more players than ARK: Survival Evolved?
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 86 days both games have been tracked.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than Raft?
By Steam review score, Raft rates higher: 93% positive across 377,311 reviews vs 83% across 775,792 for ARK: Survival Evolved. ARK: Survival Evolved has the larger player base right now (16,399 vs 7,060 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 17,999 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Is Raft growing or declining on Steam?
Raft averaged 6,738 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 27% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 22,226.
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