Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Riders of Icarus

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

75k – 270k daily

Riders of Icarus

Live

3 – 9 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

July 2016 · 10 years ago

Daily players

75k – 270k

3 – 9

Estimated players

288.5k3.6%

1.7k

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedRiders of Icarus

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~294.8k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Riders of Icarus

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~1.7k
July 2026	~1.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 24.7kDown 31%
Riders of Icarus: 0

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 24,658 peak concurrent Steam players, while Riders of Icarus has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.8k
Riders of Icarus: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 391,776 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Riders of Icarus.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.1k
Riders of Icarus: 1.6kUp 0.1%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 199× as many subreddit members as Riders of Icarus — 327,050 vs 1,644.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.7kDown 44%
Riders of Icarus: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 1,681 live Twitch viewers, while Riders of Icarus has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Riders of Icarus: 4.3k

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 276× as many YouTube subscribers as Riders of Icarus — 1,200,000 vs 4,350.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 75k – 270k 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.

Riders of Icarus

Riders of Icarus is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 210k – 540k 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.