Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Karos Returns

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

51k – 180k daily

Karos Returns

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

July 2015 · 11 years ago

Daily players

51k – 180k

No population data

Estimated players

285.9k2.9%

491.0%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedKaros Returns

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~288.4k	Down 0.6%
September 2026	~290.2k	Down 1.5%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Karos Returns

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~49
September 2026	~49
August 2026	~49
July 2026	~49	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 19.7kDown 18%
Karos Returns: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 19,716 peak concurrent Steam players, while Karos Returns has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.8k
Karos Returns: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 391,834 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Karos Returns.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 328kUp 0.1%
Karos Returns: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 328,003 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Karos Returns.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 2.2kDown 66%
Karos Returns: 0

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 2,209 live Twitch viewers, while Karos Returns has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Karos Returns: —

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

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 51k – 180k 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.

Karos Returns

Karos Returns is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 15k – 39k 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.