Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Champions Online

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

56k – 200k daily

Champions Online

Live

310 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

September 2009 · 17 years ago

Daily players

56k – 200k

310 – 1k

Estimated players

280.6k3.3%

4.7k1.7%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedChampions Online

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~280.6k	Down 3.3%
September 2026	~290.2k	Down 1.5%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Champions Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~4.7k	Up 0.3%
September 2026	~4.7k	Up 0.8%
August 2026	~4.7k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~4.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 22.2kDown 26%
Champions Online: 123Down 26%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 181× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Champions Online — 22,217 vs 123.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.4kDown 0.1%
Champions Online: 2.8kUp 3.1%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 139× as many Discord members as Champions Online — 391,361 vs 2,825.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.7kUp 0.1%
Champions Online: 1.9kUp 1.1%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 176× as many subreddit members as Champions Online — 327,728 vs 1,864.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 4.5kUp 26%
Champions Online: 6Up 50%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 754× as many live Twitch viewers as Champions Online — 4,526 vs 6.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Champions Online: 30.8k

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 39× as many YouTube subscribers as Champions Online — 1,200,000 vs 30,800.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 56k – 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.

Champions Online

Champions Online is estimated to have 310 – 1k players a day. Around 99k – 250k 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.