Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the more played game: 23,599 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 13,493 for SCUM — about 1.7× more players. ARK: Survival Evolved also has the better Steam reviews: 83% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, ARK: Survival Evolved leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
ARK: Survival Evolved has had the higher daily player count for the last 17 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
17
Current streak
17 days
ARK: Survival Evolved
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
49%
Jul 26, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 17 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | SCUM |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 23,599 | 13,493 |
| 24-hour peak | 28,009 | 15,862 |
| 7-day average | 19,087 | 9,221 |
| 30-day average | 19,497 | 9,223 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 16,995 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 84% positive | 70% positive |
| Total reviews | 774,222 | 125,975 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Price | $14.99 | $44.99 |
Full stats: ARK: Survival Evolved · SCUM · add more games to this comparison →
| 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 | 19,265 | 30,082 | 9,216 | 16,995 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 20,683 | 28,009 | 10,405 | 15,862 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
ARK: Survival Evolved currently has more players: 23,599 concurrent players on Steam vs 13,493 for SCUM — about 1.7× more players.
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 19,497 concurrent players and SCUM averaged 9,223. By that measure ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the bigger game.
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 17 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, ARK: Survival Evolved rates higher: 83% positive across 774,222 reviews vs 74% across 125,975 for SCUM. ARK: Survival Evolved has the larger player base right now (23,599 vs 13,493 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 19,497 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.