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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Satisfactory
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure / Indie games.
Satisfactory is currently the more played game: 19,489 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 15,822 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 23% more players. ARK: Survival Evolved has been ahead for 26 days straight, and has led on 48 days of the 92 days Coilr has tracked both games. Satisfactory also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 83%. ARK: Survival Evolved is currently 34% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, ARK: Survival Evolved leads 6 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 123h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 74.5h in Satisfactory. 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
123h
average of 66 members
Satisfactory
74.5h
average of 50 members
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Player count history
ARK: Survival EvolvedSatisfactory
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 26 days. Satisfactory last led on Aug 2, 2026.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 48 daysSatisfactory led 44 days
Days tracked
92
Current streak
26 days
ARK: Survival Evolved
Lead changes
11
Closest gap
<1%
Jul 18, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 92 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Satisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 15,822 | 19,489 |
| 24-hour peak | 23,297 | 19,722 |
| 7-day average | 16,777 | 15,197 |
| 30-day average | 17,475 | 15,968 |
| 30-day trend | −9% | −17% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 42,605 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 84% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 775,792 | 278,133 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Sep 10, 2024 |
| Price | $9.89 (−34%) | $39.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | Satisfactory | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | 14,255 | 14,255 |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 12,954 | 18,030 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | 21,665 | 42,605 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,272 | 29,867 | 19,177 | 34,076 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 17,446 | 28,009 | 15,919 | 28,576 |
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 Satisfactory?
Satisfactory currently has more players: 19,489 concurrent players on Steam vs 15,822 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 23% more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Satisfactory on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 17,475 concurrent players and Satisfactory averaged 15,968. By that measure ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the bigger game.
Has Satisfactory ever had more players than ARK: Survival Evolved?
Yes. Across the 92 days Coilr has tracked both games, Satisfactory had the higher daily average on 44 days, most recently on Aug 2, 2026. ARK: Survival Evolved has led for the last 26 days.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than Satisfactory?
By Steam review score, Satisfactory rates higher: 97% positive across 278,133 reviews vs 83% across 775,792 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Satisfactory has the larger player base right now (19,489 vs 15,822 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 17,475 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Is Satisfactory growing or declining on Steam?
Satisfactory averaged 15,968 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 17% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,605.