Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Black Desert

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

57k – 200k daily

Black Desert

Live

49k – 170k 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

57k – 200k

49k – 170k

Estimated players

294.9k5.2%

90.1k6.0%

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
October 2026	~288.6k	Down 0.5%
September 2026	~290.2k	Down 1.5%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~88.4k	Down 1.1%
September 2026	~89.4k	Down 2.5%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
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: 16.2kDown 35%
Black Desert: 17.2kDown 19%

Ark: Survival Ascended and Black Desert are nearly even on peak concurrent Steam players — 16,217 vs 17,246.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.3kDown 0.2%
Black Desert: 96.4kDown 0.4%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 4.1× as many Discord members as Black Desert — 391,254 vs 96,391.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.9kUp 0.1%
Black Desert: 269.7kUp 0.3%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 1.2× as many subreddit members as Black Desert — 327,880 vs 269,710.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 933Down 50%
Black Desert: 3.5kDown 58%

Black Desert currently has about 3.7× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Ascended — 3,493 vs 933.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Black Desert: 81.1kUp 0.2%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 15× as many YouTube subscribers as Black Desert — 1,200,000 vs 81,100.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 57k – 200k 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 49k – 170k 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.