Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Arma II: DayZ

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

39k – 140k daily

Arma II: DayZ

Live

23 – 79 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

January 2012 · 15 years ago

Daily players

39k – 140k

23 – 79

Estimated players

349.5k2.1%

756

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedArma II: DayZ

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~352.5k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Arma II: DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~757
August 2026	~757
July 2026	~757	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 15.4kDown 28%
Arma II: DayZ: 9Down 31%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 1713× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Arma II: DayZ — 15,415 vs 9.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.6k
Arma II: DayZ: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,559 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Arma II: DayZ.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.6kUp 0.1%
Arma II: DayZ: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,638 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Arma II: DayZ.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 109Down 68%
Arma II: DayZ: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 109 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Arma II: DayZ.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Arma II: DayZ: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Arma II: DayZ.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 39k – 140k 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.

Arma II: DayZ

Arma II: DayZ is estimated to have 23 – 79 players a day. Around 160k – 400k 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.