Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Dragon Joust

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

310 – 140k daily

Dragon Joust

Live

16 – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

January 2021 · 6 years ago

Daily players

310 – 140k

16 – 8k

Estimated players

137.7k0.2%

33.3k0.8%

Available on

PlayStation
Windows

Browser

Platforms

Web Browser

Perspectives

Side View

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedDragon Joust

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~279.8k	Up 103%
July 2026	~137.9k	Down 2.0%
June 2026	~140.6k	Up 57%
May 2026	~89.3k	—

Dragon Joust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~34.5k	Up 3.3%
July 2026	~33.4k	Down 0.3%
June 2026	~33.5k	Down 0.3%
May 2026	~33.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 389.2kDown 0.2%
Dragon Joust: 160.2kDown 2.1%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 2.4× as many Discord members as Dragon Joust — 389,199 vs 160,170.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 328.2kUp 0.6%
Dragon Joust: 578Up 0.9%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 568× as many subreddit members as Dragon Joust — 328,168 vs 578.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 310 – 140k players a day. Around 81k – 8m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

Dragon Joust

Dragon Joust is estimated to have 16 – 8k players a day. Around 8k – 810k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.