Head to head
Ark II vs Rust
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Xbox
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Ark II
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~258.1k | Down 2.3% |
| September 2026 | ~264.1k | Down 1.0% |
| August 2026 | ~266.9k | Down 0.6% |
| July 2026 | ~268.6k | — |
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~504.5k | Down 3.9% |
| September 2026 | ~525k | Down 2.6% |
| August 2026 | ~539.2k | Down 1.0% |
| July 2026 | ~544.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Discord members
- Ark II
- 391.4kDown 0.1%
- Rust
- 811.7kUp 0.6%
Rust currently has about 2.1× as many Discord members as Ark II — 811,664 vs 391,424.
Reddit members
- Ark II
- 327.7kUp 0.1%
- Rust
- 711.4kUp 0.4%
Rust currently has about 2.2× as many subreddit members as Ark II — 711,420 vs 327,720.
YouTube subscribers
- Ark II
- 1.2m
- Rust
- 206k
Ark II currently has about 5.8× as many YouTube subscribers as Rust — 1,200,000 vs 206,000.
Steam concurrent players
- Ark II
- —
- Rust
- 77.8kDown 13%
Rust currently has 77,829 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Ark II.
Twitch viewers
- Ark II
- —
- Rust
- 39.7kUp 688%
Rust currently has 39,698 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Ark II.
How these estimates are made
Ark II
Ark II is estimated to have 340 – 160k players a day. Around 94k – 9m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.
Rust
Rust is estimated to have 210k – 740k players a day. Around 13m – 34m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.
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