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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Sons Of The Forest
ARK: Survival Evolved is the more played game right now: 10,753 players on Steam against 6,450 for Sons Of The Forest, about 1.7× more players. ARK: Survival Evolved has been ahead for 10 days straight, and has led on 152 days of the 177 days Coilr has tracked both games.
Sons Of The Forest counters with better Steam reviews: 88% positive vs 83%. Across all tracked metrics, ARK: Survival Evolved leads 6 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, read every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 143h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 21.5h in Sons Of The Forest. 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
143h
average of 113 members
Sons Of The Forest
21.5h
average of 95 members
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ARK: Survival Evolved
16,558Sons Of The Forest
10,290Daily averages · latest day · ARK: Survival Evolved, 61% ahead of Sons Of The Forest
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Read every 10 minutes · methodology
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.
Head-to-head record
ARK: Survival Evolved has had the higher daily player count for the last 10 days. Sons Of The Forest last led on Oct 9, 2026.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 152 daysSons Of The Forest led 25 days
- Days tracked
- 177
- Current streak
- 10 days
- ARK: Survival Evolved
- Lead changes
- 8
- Closest gap
- 2%
- Jun 14, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 177 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Sons Of The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 10,753 | 6,450 |
| 24-hour peak | 23,041 | 16,284 |
| 7-day average | 13,422 | 9,075 |
| 30-day average | 13,453 | 9,288 |
| 30-day trend | −13% | +1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 39,805 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 779,578 | 323,184 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Feb 22, 2024 |
| Price | $14.99 | $29.99 |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | Sons Of The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | 5,710 | 7,600 |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 4,882 | 8,619 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | 15,012 | 39,805 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,273 | 29,867 | 13,586 | 36,316 |
| Aug 2026 | 17,512 | 27,955 | 6,511 | 12,371 |
| Sep 2026 | 13,960 | 25,574 | 9,298 | 29,724 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 13,573 | 23,307 | 11,144 | 26,342 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, ARK: Survival Evolved or Sons Of The Forest?
ARK: Survival Evolved currently has more players: 10,753 concurrent players on Steam vs 6,450 for Sons Of The Forest, about 1.7× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Sons Of The Forest on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 13,453 concurrent players and Sons Of The Forest averaged 9,288. By that measure ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the bigger game.
Has Sons Of The Forest ever had more players than ARK: Survival Evolved?
Yes. Across the 177 days Coilr has tracked both games, Sons Of The Forest had the higher daily average on 25 days, most recently on Oct 9, 2026. ARK: Survival Evolved has led for the last 10 days.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than Sons Of The Forest?
By Steam review score, Sons Of The Forest rates higher: 88% positive across 323,184 reviews vs 83% across 779,578 for ARK: Survival Evolved. ARK: Survival Evolved has the larger player base right now (10,753 vs 6,450 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 13,453 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Is Sons Of The Forest growing or declining on Steam?
Sons Of The Forest averaged 9,288 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 39,805.
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