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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Terraria
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Terraria is currently the more played game: 36,752 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 11,804 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 3× more players. Terraria has been ahead for 135 days straight. Terraria also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 83%. ARK: Survival Evolved is currently 34% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Terraria leads 9 of 9.
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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Coilr members average 119h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 152h in Terraria. 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
119h
average of 69 members
Terraria
152h
average of 143 members
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Player count history
ARK: Survival EvolvedTerraria
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
Terraria has had the higher daily player count for the last 135 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 0 daysTerraria led 135 days
Days tracked
135
Current streak
135 days
Terraria
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
13%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 135 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Terraria |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 11,804 | 36,752 |
| 24-hour peak | 23,252 | 62,377 |
| 7-day average | 16,846 | 49,609 |
| 30-day average | 17,426 | 37,492 |
| 30-day trend | −10% | +20% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 76,471 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 82% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 776,360 | 1,549,545 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | May 16, 2011 |
| Price | $9.89 (−34%) | $9.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | Terraria | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | 21,712 | 27,427 |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 24,837 | 41,678 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | 26,809 | 46,342 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,273 | 29,867 | 30,813 | 49,184 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 17,506 | 28,009 | 36,816 | 76,471 |
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 Terraria?
Terraria currently has more players: 36,752 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,804 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 3× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Terraria on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 17,426 concurrent players and Terraria averaged 37,492. By that measure Terraria is currently the bigger game.
Has ARK: Survival Evolved ever had more players than Terraria?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Terraria has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 135 days both games have been tracked.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than Terraria?
By Steam review score, Terraria rates higher: 97% positive across 1,549,545 reviews vs 83% across 776,360 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Terraria has the larger player base right now (36,752 vs 11,804 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 17,426 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 10% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Is Terraria growing or declining on Steam?
Terraria averaged 37,492 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 76,471.