Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Batch 17

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

48k – 170k daily

Batch 17

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

January 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

48k – 170k

No population data

Estimated players

351.8k1.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedBatch 17

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~358k	Up 0.5%
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Batch 17

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~1
July 2026	~1	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 14.4kDown 32%
Batch 17: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 14,418 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Batch 17.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.8k
Batch 17: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,807 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Batch 17.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327k
Batch 17: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,021 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Batch 17.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 192Down 72%
Batch 17: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 192 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Batch 17.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Batch 17: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Batch 17.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 48k – 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.

Batch 17

Batch 17 is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 450 – 1k 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.