Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Old School RuneScape

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

62k – 220k daily

Old School RuneScape

Live

5k – 16k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

February 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

62k – 220k

5k – 16k

Estimated players

286.7k2.8%

257.4k0.6%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedOld School RuneScape

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~295.7k	Down 0.1%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~259.8k	Up 18%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 19.1kDown 34%
Old School RuneScape: 1.6kUp 6.0%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 12× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Old School RuneScape — 19,135 vs 1,606.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.8k
Old School RuneScape: 273.1kUp 0.2%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 1.4× as many Discord members as Old School RuneScape — 391,799 vs 273,150.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327k
Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 0.2%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 4.2× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Ascended — 1,386,099 vs 327,018.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.3kDown 56%
Old School RuneScape: 6kDown 41%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 4.7× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Ascended — 5,992 vs 1,278.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Old School RuneScape: 264kUp 0.4%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 4.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Old School RuneScape — 1,200,000 vs 264,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 62k – 220k 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.

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 5k – 16k players a day. Around 370k – 940k 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.