Head to head
Ark: Survival Ascended vs Brighter Shores
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- PlayStation
- Windows
- macOS
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Ark: Survival Ascended
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~283.1k | Down 2.5% |
| September 2026 | ~290.2k | Down 1.5% |
| August 2026 | ~294.6k | Down 0.5% |
| July 2026 | ~296.1k | — |
Brighter Shores
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~3k | Up 0.4% |
| September 2026 | ~2.9k | Up 0.2% |
| August 2026 | ~2.9k | |
| July 2026 | ~2.9k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 20kDown 49%
- Brighter Shores
- 179Up 48%
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 112× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Brighter Shores — 20,030 vs 179.
Discord members
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 391.3kDown 0.2%
- Brighter Shores
- —
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 391,274 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Brighter Shores.
Reddit members
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 327.8kUp 0.1%
- Brighter Shores
- 17.8kUp 0.3%
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 18× as many subreddit members as Brighter Shores — 327,755 vs 17,833.
Twitch viewers
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 897Down 74%
- Brighter Shores
- 0Down 100%
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 897 live Twitch viewers, while Brighter Shores has 0.
YouTube subscribers
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 1.2m
- Brighter Shores
- 1.5k
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 805× as many YouTube subscribers as Brighter Shores — 1,200,000 vs 1,490.
How these estimates are made
Ark: Survival Ascended
Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 79k – 280k 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.
Brighter Shores
Brighter Shores is estimated to have 450 – 2k players a day. Around 190k – 480k 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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