Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Runes of Magic

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

88k – 310k daily

Runes of Magic

Live

320 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

March 2009 · 17 years ago

Daily players

88k – 310k

320 – 1k

Estimated players

306.3k2.2%

1.7k

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedRunes of Magic

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~297.4k	Up 0.9%
August 2026	~294.6k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~296.1k	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 4.2%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 31.3kDown 12%
Runes of Magic: 114Down 17%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 274× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runes of Magic — 31,256 vs 114.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 392k
Runes of Magic: 3.8kUp 0.1%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 102× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 391,960 vs 3,842.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 327.4kUp 0.1%
Runes of Magic: 636Up 2.3%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 515× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 327,423 vs 636.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 2kDown 32%
Runes of Magic: 0

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 2,046 live Twitch viewers, while Runes of Magic has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Runes of Magic: 4.8kUp 0.2%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 247× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 1,200,000 vs 4,850.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 88k – 310k 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.

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 320 – 1k players a day. Around 41k – 100k 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.