Head to head
Ark: Survival Ascended vs The Elder Scrolls Online
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- PlayStation
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Stadia
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Ark: Survival Ascended
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~288.6k | Down 0.5% |
| September 2026 | ~290.2k | Down 1.5% |
| August 2026 | ~294.6k | Down 0.5% |
| July 2026 | ~296.1k | — |
The Elder Scrolls Online
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~90.2k | Up 0.3% |
| September 2026 | ~89.9k | Down 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~90.3k | Up 0.6% |
| July 2026 | ~89.8k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 16.2kDown 35%
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- 6.7kDown 31%
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 2.4× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Elder Scrolls Online — 16,217 vs 6,683.
Discord members
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 391.3kDown 0.2%
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- 63.2kUp 1.2%
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 6.2× as many Discord members as The Elder Scrolls Online — 391,254 vs 63,223.
Reddit members
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 327.9kUp 0.1%
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- 508.6kUp 0.4%
The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 1.6× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Ascended — 508,550 vs 327,880.
Twitch viewers
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 933Down 50%
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- 536Down 24%
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has about 1.7× as many live Twitch viewers as The Elder Scrolls Online — 933 vs 536.
YouTube subscribers
- Ark: Survival Ascended
- 1.2m
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- —
Ark: Survival Ascended currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for The Elder Scrolls Online.
How these estimates are made
Ark: Survival Ascended
Ark: Survival Ascended is estimated to have 57k – 200k 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.
The Elder Scrolls Online
The Elder Scrolls Online is estimated to have 23k – 80k players a day. Around 2m – 5m 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.
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