Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs M.A.R.S.

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

65k – 230k daily

M.A.R.S.

Live

85 – 300 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

October 2021 · 5 years ago

Daily players

65k – 230k

85 – 300

Estimated players

295.2k

1.3k0.3%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedM.A.R.S.

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~293.9k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

M.A.R.S.

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~1.3k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~1.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 25.5kDown 11%
M.A.R.S.: 32

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 797× as many peak concurrent Steam players as M.A.R.S. — 25,495 vs 32.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.9k
M.A.R.S.: 4.2kDown 0.5%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 93× as many Discord members as M.A.R.S. — 391,864 vs 4,198.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.2kUp 0.2%
M.A.R.S.: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 327,224 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for M.A.R.S..

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 13.5kUp 487%
M.A.R.S.: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 13,480 live Twitch viewers, while M.A.R.S. has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
M.A.R.S.: 2.5kDown 0.4%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 478× as many YouTube subscribers as M.A.R.S. — 1,200,000 vs 2,510.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 65k – 230k 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.

M.A.R.S.

M.A.R.S. is estimated to have 85 – 300 players a day. Around 32k – 82k 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.