Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs King of the Sandcastle

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

79k – 280k daily

King of the Sandcastle

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

79k – 280k

No population data

Estimated players

290k4.4%

3.4k1.4%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedKing of the Sandcastle

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~293.2k	Down 0.5%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

King of the Sandcastle

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~3.3k	Up 4.4%
August 2026	~3.2k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~3.2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 33.1kUp 31%
King of the Sandcastle: 0

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 33,076 peak concurrent Steam players, while King of the Sandcastle has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.9k
King of the Sandcastle: 11.6kUp 2.4%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 34× as many Discord members as King of the Sandcastle — 391,903 vs 11,588.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.5kUp 0.1%
King of the Sandcastle: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 327,488 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for King of the Sandcastle.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 2.5kUp 39%
King of the Sandcastle: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 2,531 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for King of the Sandcastle.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
King of the Sandcastle: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for King of the Sandcastle.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 79k – 280k 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.

King of the Sandcastle

King of the Sandcastle is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 1k – 3k 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.