Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Pax Dei

Ark: Survival Ascended

Released

~210k daily · 130k – 360k

Last measured Nov 12, 2026

Pax Dei

Released

~5k daily · 3.6k – 6.9k

Last measured Nov 12, 2026

VerdictArk: Survival Ascended has ~42× Pax Dei's daily players (~210k vs ~5k, as of Nov 12, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

October 2025 · 1 year ago

Est. daily players

~210k130k – 360k6.4% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 12, 2026

~5k3.6k – 6.9k19% this weekHigh confidence · Last measured Nov 12, 2026

Available on

PlayStation
Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Ark: Survival AscendedPax Dei

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 17kDown 32% past week
Pax Dei: 732Down 40% past week

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 23× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pax Dei — 17,010 vs 732.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 390.1kUp 0.2% past week
Pax Dei: 61.2kDown 0.2% past week

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 6.4× as many Discord members as Pax Dei — 390,064 vs 61,164.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 328.3k
Pax Dei: 10.3k

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 32× as many subreddit members as Pax Dei — 328,263 vs 10,338.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 919Down 50% past week
Pax Dei: 21Down 62% past week

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 44× as many live Twitch viewers as Pax Dei — 919 vs 21.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Pax Dei: 14.6k

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 82× as many YouTube subscribers as Pax Dei — 1,200,000 vs 14,600.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

We estimate that about 210,000 people play Ark: Survival Ascended on a typical day (most likely between 130,000 and 360,000), based on data from Nov 12, 2026. Around 4,400,000 accounts (between 2,900,000 and 6,700,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

Pax Dei

We estimate that about 5,000 people play Pax Dei on a typical day (most likely between 3,600 and 6,900), based on data from Nov 12, 2026. Around 240,000 accounts (between 190,000 and 310,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: high — measured from a full day of Steam data, for a game played mainly on Steam.

How we estimate