Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs BarbarQ 2

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

50k – 180k daily

BarbarQ 2

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

July 2026 · 2 months ago

Daily players

50k – 180k

No population data

Estimated players

345.6k0.4%

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Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Nintendo

Platforms

Nintendo Switch

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedBarbarQ 2

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~354.8k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~356.3k	—

BarbarQ 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	—	—
July 2026	—	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 18.3kDown 20%
BarbarQ 2: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 18,251 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for BarbarQ 2.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.8k
BarbarQ 2: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,752 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for BarbarQ 2.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.2kUp 0.2%
BarbarQ 2: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,201 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for BarbarQ 2.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 243Down 22%
BarbarQ 2: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 243 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for BarbarQ 2.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
BarbarQ 2: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for BarbarQ 2.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 50k – 180k 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.