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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Terraria
Terraria is the more played game right now: 54,368 players on Steam against 22,093 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 2.5× more players. Terraria has been ahead for 183 days straight.
Terraria also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 83%. Across all tracked metrics, Terraria leads 8 of 9.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. ARK: Survival Evolved is read every 10 minutes, Terraria every 5 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 140h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 190h 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
140h
average of 111 members
Terraria
190h
average of 256 members
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ARK: Survival Evolved
17,132Terraria
41,694Daily averages · latest day · Terraria, 2.4× the players of ARK: Survival Evolved
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · ARK: Survival Evolved is read every 10 minutes, Terraria every 5 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
Terraria has had the higher daily player count for the last 183 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 0 daysTerraria led 183 days
- Days tracked
- 183
- Current streak
- 183 days
- Terraria
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 13%
- May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 183 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 | Terraria |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 22,093 | 54,368 |
| 24-hour peak | 23,041 | 59,208 |
| 7-day average | 13,392 | 34,920 |
| 30-day average | 13,434 | 33,751 |
| 30-day trend | −13% | −25% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 76,353 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 779,578 | 1,563,265 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | May 16, 2011 |
| Price | $14.99 | $9.99 |
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 | 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 | 17,512 | 27,955 | 36,849 | 76,353 |
| Sep 2026 | 13,960 | 25,574 | 37,469 | 75,354 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 13,594 | 23,307 | 33,951 | 63,026 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, ARK: Survival Evolved or Terraria?
Terraria currently has more players: 54,368 concurrent players on Steam vs 22,093 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 2.5× more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Terraria on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 13,434 concurrent players and Terraria averaged 33,751. 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 183 days both games have been tracked.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than Terraria?
By Steam review score, Terraria rates higher: 97% positive across 1,563,265 reviews vs 83% across 779,578 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Terraria has the larger player base right now (54,368 vs 22,093 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 13,434 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Is Terraria growing or declining on Steam?
Terraria averaged 33,751 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 25% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 76,353.
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