Head to head

Ark: Survival Ascended vs Scum

Ark: Survival Ascended

Released

~260k daily · 150k – 430k

Last measured Nov 14, 2026

Scum

Released

~59k daily · 43k – 83k

Last measured Nov 14, 2026

VerdictArk: Survival Ascended has ~4.4× Scum's daily players (~260k vs ~59k, as of Nov 14, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

October 2023 · 3 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Est. daily players

~260k150k – 430k9.9% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 14, 2026

~59k43k – 83k15% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 14, 2026

Available on

PlayStation
Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Ark: Survival AscendedScum

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Ascended: 23kDown 20% past week
Scum: 5.5kDown 57% past week

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 4.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Scum — 22,970 vs 5,503.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 390.2k
Scum: 66.7k

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 5.9× as many Discord members as Scum — 390,190 vs 66,664.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Ascended: 328.3k
Scum: 53.2k

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 6.2× as many subreddit members as Scum — 328,275 vs 53,200.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.5kDown 10% past week
Scum: 261Down 58% past week

Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 5.7× as many live Twitch viewers as Scum — 1,485 vs 261.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Ascended: 1.2m
Scum: —

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

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Ascended

We estimate that about 260,000 people play Ark: Survival Ascended on a typical day (most likely between 150,000 and 430,000), based on data from Nov 14, 2026. Around 4,400,000 accounts (between 2,900,000 and 6,800,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

Scum

We estimate that about 59,000 people play Scum on a typical day (most likely between 43,000 and 83,000), based on data from Nov 14, 2026. Around 2,200,000 accounts (between 1,700,000 and 2,900,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate