Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Defiance 2050

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

56k – 200k daily

Defiance 2050

Live

3 – 9 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

July 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

56k – 200k

3 – 9

Estimated players

290.1k1.5%

229

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedDefiance 2050

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	—

Defiance 2050

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~229
August 2026	~229
July 2026	~229	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 19.1kDown 27%
Defiance 2050: 0

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 19,050 peak concurrent Steam players, while Defiance 2050 has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.4kDown 0.1%
Defiance 2050: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 391,450 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Defiance 2050.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.7kUp 0.1%
Defiance 2050: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 327,661 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Defiance 2050.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.6kDown 27%
Defiance 2050: 0

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 1,611 live Twitch viewers, while Defiance 2050 has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Defiance 2050: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Defiance 2050.

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.

Defiance 2050

Defiance 2050 is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 57k – 150k 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.