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ARK: Survival Evolved vs SCUM
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the more played game: 16,401 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 10,686 for SCUM, about 1.5× more players. ARK: Survival Evolved has been ahead for 63 days straight. ARK: Survival Evolved also has the better Steam reviews: 83% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, ARK: Survival Evolved leads 9 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.
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Player count history
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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 63 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 63 daysSCUM led 0 days
Days tracked
63
Current streak
63 days
ARK: Survival Evolved
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
42%
Sep 10, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 63 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | SCUM |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 16,401 | 10,686 |
| 24-hour peak | 17,932 | 11,061 |
| 7-day average | 13,840 | 7,658 |
| 30-day average | 15,597 | 8,124 |
| 30-day trend | −16% | −7% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 16,947 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 82% positive | 70% positive |
| Total reviews | 777,537 | 126,907 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Price | $14.99 | $44.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | SCUM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 19,273 | 29,867 | 9,230 | 16,947 |
| Aug 2026 | 17,508 | 27,955 | 8,417 | 15,862 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 14,569 | 25,801 | 8,029 | 15,731 |
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 SCUM?
ARK: Survival Evolved currently has more players: 16,401 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,686 for SCUM, about 1.5× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than SCUM on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 15,597 concurrent players and SCUM averaged 8,124. By that measure ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the bigger game.
Has SCUM 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 63 days both games have been tracked.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than SCUM?
By Steam review score, ARK: Survival Evolved rates higher: 83% positive across 777,537 reviews vs 74% across 126,907 for SCUM. ARK: Survival Evolved has the larger player base right now (16,401 vs 10,686 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 SCUM growing or declining on Steam?
SCUM averaged 8,124 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 16,947.
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