Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Old School RuneScape

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

75k – 260k daily

Old School RuneScape

Live

4k – 14k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

February 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

75k – 260k

4k – 14k

Estimated players

291k0.3%

262.3k3.2%

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
September 2026	~292.9k	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~261.2k	Up 0.8%
August 2026	~259k	Up 17%
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: 26.4kDown 13%
Old School RuneScape: 1.5kDown 0.9%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 17× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Old School RuneScape — 26,406 vs 1,524.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.8k
Old School RuneScape: 274.9kUp 0.9%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 1.4× as many Discord members as Old School RuneScape — 391,824 vs 274,943.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.3kUp 0.1%
Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 0.9%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 4.3× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Ascended — 1,394,826 vs 327,343.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 6.5kUp 201%
Old School RuneScape: 6.6kDown 44%

Ark: Survival Ascended and Old School RuneScape are nearly even on live Twitch viewers — 6,540 vs 6,586.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Old School RuneScape: 265kUp 0.8%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 4.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Old School RuneScape — 1,200,000 vs 265,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 75k – 260k 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 4k – 14k players a day. Around 370k – 950k 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.