Head to head
Ark: Survival Ascended vs Dark Chess
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- PlayStation
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Ark: Survival Ascended
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~288.7k | Down 0.5% |
| September 2026 | ~290.2k | Down 1.5% |
| August 2026 | ~294.6k | Down 0.5% |
| July 2026 | ~296.1k | — |
Dark Chess
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~91 | |
| September 2026 | ~91 | Up 2.2% |
| August 2026 | ~89 | |
| July 2026 | ~89 | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 24kDown 18%
- Dark Chess
- 0Down 100%
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 23,984 peak concurrent Steam players, while Dark Chess has 0.
Discord members
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 391.6k
- Dark Chess
- 262Down 0.8%
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 1495× as many Discord members as Dark Chess — 391,615 vs 262.
Reddit members
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 328kUp 0.1%
- Dark Chess
- —
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 327,959 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Chess.
Twitch viewers
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 1.8kDown 62%
- Dark Chess
- —
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 1,775 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Chess.
YouTube subscribers
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 1.2m
- Dark Chess
- 24
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 50000× as many YouTube subscribers as Dark Chess — 1,200,000 vs 24.
How these estimates are made
Ark: Survival Ascended
Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 76k – 270k 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.
Dark Chess
Dark Chess is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 8k – 19k 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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