Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

47k – 170k daily

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Live

45 – 160 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

March 2016 · 11 years ago

Daily players

47k – 170k

45 – 160

Estimated players

359k0.2%

121.2k

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedArk: Survival of the Fittest

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~359k	Up 1.7%
October 2026	~352.9k	Up 0.2%
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~121.2k
October 2026	~121.2k
September 2026	~121.2k
August 2026	~121.2k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~121k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 10.4kDown 54%
Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 3Down 81%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 3471× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival of the Fittest — 10,413 vs 3.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 389.1kDown 0.6%
Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 389,058 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Ark: Survival of the Fittest.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 328.1kUp 0.1%
Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 328,146 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Ark: Survival of the Fittest.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 200Down 76%
Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 200 live Twitch viewers, while Ark: Survival of the Fittest has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 1.2m

Ark: Survival Evolved and Ark: Survival of the Fittest are nearly even on YouTube subscribers — 1,200,000 vs 1,200,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 47k – 170k players a day. Around 8m – 21m 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.

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Ark: Survival of the Fittest is estimated to have 45 – 160 players a day. Around 230k – 590k 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.