Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Path of Exile 2

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

62k – 220k daily

Path of Exile 2

Live

56k – 200k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

December 2024 · 2 years ago

Daily players

62k – 220k

56k – 200k

Estimated players

286.7k2.8%

80.2k2.7%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
macOS
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedPath of Exile 2

Ark: Survival Ascended

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

Path of Exile 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~79.7k	Up 101%
July 2026	~39.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 19.1kDown 34%
Path of Exile 2: 15.7kDown 40%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 1.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Path of Exile 2 — 19,135 vs 15,732.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.8k
Path of Exile 2: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 391,799 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Path of Exile 2.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327k
Path of Exile 2: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 327,018 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Path of Exile 2.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.3kDown 56%
Path of Exile 2: 4.6kDown 0.5%

Path of Exile 2 currently has about 3.6× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Ascended — 4,553 vs 1,278.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Path of Exile 2: 426k

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 2.8× as many YouTube subscribers as Path of Exile 2 — 1,200,000 vs 426,000.

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.

Path of Exile 2

Path of Exile 2 is estimated to have 56k – 200k 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.