Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Black Desert

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

62k – 220k daily

Black Desert

Live

64k – 230k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

62k – 220k

64k – 230k

Estimated players

286.7k2.8%

91.2k1.2%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedBlack Desert

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~295.7k	Down 0.1%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~91.8k	Up 3.0%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 19.1kDown 34%
Black Desert: 22.3kDown 14%

Black Desert currently has about 1.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival Ascended — 22,303 vs 19,135.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.8k
Black Desert: 96.5kUp 0.3%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 4.1× as many Discord members as Black Desert — 391,799 vs 96,503.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327k
Black Desert: 267.4kUp 0.1%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 1.2× as many subreddit members as Black Desert — 327,021 vs 267,358.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.3kDown 56%
Black Desert: 9.4kDown 49%

Black Desert currently has about 7.3× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Ascended — 9,359 vs 1,278.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Black Desert: 80.6kUp 0.1%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 15× as many YouTube subscribers as Black Desert — 1,200,000 vs 80,600.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 62k – 220k players a day. Around 2m – 4m 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.

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 64k – 230k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.