Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Rules of Survival

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

64k – 230k daily

Rules of Survival

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

November 2017 · 9 years ago

Daily players

64k – 230k

No population data

Estimated players

291k3.7%

11.7k4.7%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedRules of Survival

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~293.1k	Up 0.8%
October 2026	~290.6k	Up 0.2%
September 2026	~290.2k	Down 1.5%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Rules of Survival

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~11.6k	Down 46%
October 2026	~21.6k	Down 42%
September 2026	~37.1k	Up 2.6%
August 2026	~36.2k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~36k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 20.1kDown 37%
Rules of Survival: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 20,104 peak concurrent Steam players, while Rules of Survival has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 389.1kDown 0.6%
Rules of Survival: 50.2kUp 26%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 7.8× as many Discord members as Rules of Survival — 389,079 vs 50,155.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 328.1kUp 0.1%
Rules of Survival: 7.6kUp 1.1%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 43× as many subreddit members as Rules of Survival — 328,146 vs 7,572.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 973Down 45%
Rules of Survival: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 973 live Twitch viewers, while Rules of Survival has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Rules of Survival: 2Down 100%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 600000× as many YouTube subscribers as Rules of Survival — 1,200,000 vs 2.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 64k – 230k 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.

Rules of Survival

Rules of Survival is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 110k – 280k 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.