Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs PixArk

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

55k – 190k daily

PixArk

Live

1k – 4k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

March 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

55k – 190k

1k – 4k

Estimated players

292.6k3.5%

3k5.5%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedPixArk

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~291.9k	Down 0.9%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

PixArk

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~3.3k	Up 14%
August 2026	~2.9k	Up 18%
July 2026	~2.5k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 16.2kDown 33%
PixArk: 349Up 54%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 46× as many peak concurrent Steam players as PixArk — 16,173 vs 349.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.8k
PixArk: 1.8kUp 23%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 215× as many Discord members as PixArk — 391,822 vs 1,822.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.5kUp 0.1%
PixArk: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 327,546 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for PixArk.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1kDown 37%
PixArk: 3Up 200%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 335× as many live Twitch viewers as PixArk — 1,005 vs 3.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
PixArk: 9.4kUp 4.6%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 128× as many YouTube subscribers as PixArk — 1,200,000 vs 9,360.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 55k – 190k 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.

PixArk

PixArk is estimated to have 1k – 4k players a day. Around 260k – 660k 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.