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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Valheim
Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Valheim is currently the more played game: 22,170 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 16,205 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 37% more players. ARK: Survival Evolved has been ahead for 5 days straight, and has led on 83 days of the 96 days Coilr has tracked both games. Valheim also has the better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 83%. ARK: Survival Evolved is currently 34% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, ARK: Survival Evolved leads 6 of 10.
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.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 123h in ARK: Survival Evolved and 54.4h in Valheim. 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
123h
average of 66 members
Valheim
54.4h
average of 55 members
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Player count history
ARK: Survival EvolvedValheim
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Head-to-head record
ARK: Survival Evolved has had the higher daily player count for the last 5 days. Valheim last led on Aug 23, 2026.
ARK: Survival Evolved led 83 daysValheim led 13 days
Days tracked
96
Current streak
5 days
ARK: Survival Evolved
Lead changes
13
Closest gap
<1%
Jul 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 96 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Valheim |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 16,205 | 22,170 |
| 24-hour peak | 23,297 | 22,293 |
| 7-day average | 16,778 | 15,374 |
| 30-day average | 17,476 | 15,596 |
| 30-day trend | −9% | −13% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 34,949 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 84% positive | 89% positive |
| Total reviews | 775,792 | 540,479 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Feb 2, 2021 |
| Price | $9.89 (−34%) | $29.99 |
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Players by month
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | Valheim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | 16,644 | 19,638 |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 16,227 | 27,833 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,608 | 32,239 | 15,609 | 31,394 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,272 | 29,867 | 17,963 | 34,949 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 17,447 | 28,009 | 15,563 | 31,005 |
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 Valheim?
Valheim currently has more players: 22,170 concurrent players on Steam vs 16,205 for ARK: Survival Evolved, about 37% more players.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved bigger than Valheim on Steam?
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 17,476 concurrent players and Valheim averaged 15,596. By that measure ARK: Survival Evolved is currently the bigger game.
Has Valheim ever had more players than ARK: Survival Evolved?
Yes. Across the 96 days Coilr has tracked both games, Valheim had the higher daily average on 13 days, most recently on Aug 23, 2026. ARK: Survival Evolved has led for the last 5 days.
Is ARK: Survival Evolved better than Valheim?
By Steam review score, Valheim rates higher: 94% positive across 540,479 reviews vs 83% across 775,792 for ARK: Survival Evolved. Valheim has the larger player base right now (22,170 vs 16,205 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 17,476 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Is Valheim growing or declining on Steam?
Valheim averaged 15,596 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 34,949.