Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Terraria is currently the more played game: 29,339 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 20,678 for ARK: Survival Evolved — about 42% more players. 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.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Terraria has had the higher daily player count for the last 90 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
90
Current streak
90 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 90 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Terraria |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 20,678 | 29,339 |
| 24-hour peak | 25,893 | 39,405 |
| 7-day average | 19,582 | 31,205 |
| 30-day average | 18,719 | 30,092 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | +16% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 49,184 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 772,011 | 1,535,914 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 26, 2017 | May 15, 2011 |
| Price | $9.89 (−34%) | $9.99 |
Full stats: ARK: Survival Evolved · Terraria · add more games to this comparison →
| 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 | 18,621 | 32,239 | 26,841 | 46,899 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,116 | 29,263 | 31,813 | 49,184 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Terraria currently has more players: 29,339 concurrent players on Steam vs 20,678 for ARK: Survival Evolved — about 42% more players.
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 18,719 concurrent players and Terraria averaged 30,092. By that measure Terraria is currently the bigger game.
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 90 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Terraria rates higher: 97% positive across 1,535,914 reviews vs 83% across 772,011 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Terraria has the larger player base right now (29,339 vs 20,678 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 18,719 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Terraria averaged 30,092 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 16% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 49,184.