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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Rust
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Rust is currently the more played game: 116,317 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 16,401 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 7× more players. Rust has been ahead for 125 days straight. Rust also has the better Steam reviews: 87% positive vs 83%. Rust is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Rust leads 8 of 9.
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.
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Coilr members average 113h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 379h in Rust. 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
113h
average of 77 members
Rust
379h
average of 82 members
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Player count history
ARK: Survival EvolvedRust
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
Rust has had the higher daily player count for the last 125 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 0 daysRust led 125 days
Days tracked
125
Current streak
125 days
Rust
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
75%
Sep 2, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 125 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Rust |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 16,401 | 116,317 |
| 24-hour peak | 17,932 | 116,317 |
| 7-day average | 13,840 | 82,273 |
| 30-day average | 15,597 | 85,990 |
| 30-day trend | −16% | −15% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 220,224 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 87% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 82% positive | 79% positive |
| Total reviews | 777,537 | 1,397,516 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Feb 8, 2018 |
| Price | $14.99 | $19.99 (−50%) |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | Rust | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 95,781 | 182,883 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | 104,094 | 220,224 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,273 | 29,867 | 104,874 | 196,421 |
| Aug 2026 | 17,508 | 27,955 | 99,838 | 198,220 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 14,569 | 25,801 | 83,681 | 148,276 |
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 Rust?
Rust currently has more players: 116,317 concurrent players on Steam vs 16,401 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 7× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Rust on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 15,597 concurrent players and Rust averaged 85,990. By that measure Rust is currently the bigger game.
Has ARK: Survival Evolved ever had more players than Rust?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Rust has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 125 days both games have been tracked.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than Rust?
By Steam review score, Rust rates higher: 87% positive across 1,397,516 reviews vs 83% across 777,537 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Rust has the larger player base right now (116,317 vs 16,401 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 15,597 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 16% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Is Rust growing or declining on Steam?
Rust averaged 85,990 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 15% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.