Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs DayZ

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

54k – 190k daily

DayZ

Live

110k – 380k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

December 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

54k – 190k

110k – 380k

Estimated players

278.4k4.9%

186.9k3.2%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedDayZ

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~290.4k	Down 1.4%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~192.9k	Down 0.5%
August 2026	~193.9k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 15.4kDown 40%
DayZ: 25.1kDown 49%

DayZ currently has about 1.6× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival Ascended — 25,144 vs 15,367.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.5k
DayZ: 190.2kUp 0.8%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 2.1× as many Discord members as DayZ — 391,511 vs 190,220.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.6kUp 0.1%
DayZ: 560.9kUp 0.4%

DayZ currently has about 1.7× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Ascended — 560,859 vs 327,636.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 873Down 97%
DayZ: 2.5kDown 68%

DayZ currently has about 2.8× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Ascended — 2,458 vs 873.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
DayZ: 136kUp 0.7%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 8.8× as many YouTube subscribers as DayZ — 1,200,000 vs 136,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 54k – 190k 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.

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 110k – 380k players a day. Around 5m – 13m 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.