Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Lost Ark

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

56k – 200k daily

Lost Ark

Live

17k – 61k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

December 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

56k – 200k

17k – 61k

Estimated players

285.9k0.8%

64.3k0.3%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedLost Ark

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~291.2k	Down 1.2%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Lost Ark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~64.1k	Down 0.5%
August 2026	~64.4k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~64.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 20.6kDown 9.7%
Lost Ark: 5.4kDown 28%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 3.8× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Lost Ark — 20,572 vs 5,429.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.7k
Lost Ark: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 391,694 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Lost Ark.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.6kUp 0.1%
Lost Ark: 299.9kUp 0.1%

Ark: Survival Ascended and Lost Ark are nearly even on subreddit members — 327,573 vs 299,882.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.4kDown 52%
Lost Ark: 1.3kDown 38%

Ark: Survival Ascended and Lost Ark are nearly even on live Twitch viewers — 1,404 vs 1,315.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Lost Ark: 103k

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 12× as many YouTube subscribers as Lost Ark — 1,200,000 vs 103,000.

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.

Lost Ark

Lost Ark is estimated to have 17k – 61k players a day. Around 3m – 7m 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.