Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Runescape

Ark: Survival Ascended

Live

75k – 270k daily

Runescape

Live

8k – 27k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

75k – 270k

8k – 27k

Estimated players

305.5k0.5%

111.6k0.7%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival AscendedRunescape

Ark: Survival Ascended

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~291.4k	Up 0.3%
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	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~109k	Down 0.4%
October 2026	~109.4k	Up 2.0%
September 2026	~107.3k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 18.3kDown 41%
Runescape: 2.7kUp 8.9%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 6.9× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runescape — 18,287 vs 2,660.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 389.1kDown 0.6%
Runescape: 127.7kDown 0.5%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 3× as many Discord members as Runescape — 389,053 vs 127,728.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 328.1kUp 0.1%
Runescape: 410.2kUp 1.1%

Runescape currently has about 1.3× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Ascended — 410,226 vs 328,140.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.4kDown 71%
Runescape: 810Down 96%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 1.7× as many live Twitch viewers as Runescape — 1,399 vs 810.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Runescape: 267kUp 0.8%

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 4.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Runescape — 1,200,000 vs 267,000.

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.

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 8k – 27k players a day. Around 470k – 1m 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.