Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Rock Paper Sock

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

62k – 220k daily

Rock Paper Sock

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

July 2020 · 6 years ago

Daily players

62k – 220k

No population data

Estimated players

280.3k1.5%

3.2k1.0%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedRock Paper Sock

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~283.4k	Down 2.3%
September 2026	~290.2k	Down 1.5%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Rock Paper Sock

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~3.3k	Down 1.2%
September 2026	~3.3k	Up 3.4%
August 2026	~3.2k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~3.2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 21.8kDown 38%
Rock Paper Sock: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 21,807 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Rock Paper Sock.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 391.2kDown 0.2%
Rock Paper Sock: 11.7kUp 1.8%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 33× as many Discord members as Rock Paper Sock — 391,230 vs 11,693.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.8kUp 0.1%
Rock Paper Sock: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 327,794 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Rock Paper Sock.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.7kDown 73%
Rock Paper Sock: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 1,737 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Rock Paper Sock.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Rock Paper Sock: —

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Rock Paper Sock.

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.

Rock Paper Sock

Rock Paper Sock is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 900 – 2k 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.