Head to head
Ark: Survival Ascended vs Star Citizen
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- PlayStation
- Windows
- Linux
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Ark: Survival Ascended
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~290.4k | Down 1.4% |
| August 2026 | ~294.6k | Down 0.5% |
| July 2026 | ~296.1k | — |
Star Citizen
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~163.4k | Down 0.1% |
| August 2026 | ~163.7k | Down 0.6% |
| July 2026 | ~164.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 15.4kDown 40%
- Star Citizen
- —
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 15,367 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Star Citizen.
Discord members
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 391.5k
- Star Citizen
- 162.3k
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 2.4× as many Discord members as Star Citizen — 391,511 vs 162,250.
Reddit members
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 327.6kUp 0.1%
- Star Citizen
- 531.1kUp 0.7%
Star Citizen currently has about 1.6× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Ascended — 531,104 vs 327,636.
Twitch viewers
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 873Down 97%
- Star Citizen
- 2.9kUp 7.4%
Star Citizen currently has about 3.3× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Ascended — 2,858 vs 873.
YouTube subscribers
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 1.2m
- Star Citizen
- 575k
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 2.1× as many YouTube subscribers as Star Citizen — 1,200,000 vs 575,000.
How these estimates are made
Ark: Survival Ascended
Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 54k – 190k 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.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen is estimated to have 350 – 160k players a day. Around 79k – 8m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.
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