Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Indie games.
ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the more played game: 20,051 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 18,580 for Squad — a similar number of players. ARK: Survival Evolved also has the better Steam reviews: 83% positive vs 81%. Squad is currently 60% off on Steam. 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 16 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
16
Current streak
16 days
ARK: Survival Evolved
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
22%
Aug 1, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 16 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Squad |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 20,051 | 18,580 |
| 24-hour peak | 26,745 | 21,146 |
| 7-day average | 19,215 | 13,157 |
| 30-day average | 19,400 | 12,410 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 21,146 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 84% positive | 79% positive |
| Total reviews | 774,222 | 240,844 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Sep 23, 2020 |
| Price | $14.99 | $15.99 (−60%) |
Full stats: ARK: Survival Evolved · Squad · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | Squad | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 19,266 | 30,082 | 11,938 | 19,953 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 20,434 | 26,745 | 16,007 | 21,146 |
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: 20,051 concurrent players on Steam vs 18,580 for Squad — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 19,400 concurrent players and Squad averaged 12,410. 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 16 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, ARK: Survival Evolved rates higher: 83% positive across 774,222 reviews vs 81% across 240,844 for Squad. ARK: Survival Evolved has the larger player base right now (20,051 vs 18,580 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 19,400 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.