Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Guild Wars

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

75k – 260k daily

Guild Wars

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

April 2005 · 21 years ago

Daily players

75k – 260k

No population data

Estimated players

291k0.3%

28.3k0.8%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedGuild Wars

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~292.9k	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Guild Wars

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~28.3k	Up 0.9%
August 2026	~28k	Up 5.0%
July 2026	~26.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 26.4kDown 13%
Guild Wars: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 26,406 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.8k
Guild Wars: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 391,824 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.3kUp 0.1%
Guild Wars: 65.9kUp 1.5%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 5× as many subreddit members as Guild Wars — 327,343 vs 65,879.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 6.5kUp 201%
Guild Wars: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 6,540 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Guild Wars: 218kUp 1.4%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 5.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Guild Wars — 1,200,000 vs 218,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 75k – 260k 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.

Guild Wars

Guild Wars is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 450 – 1k 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.