Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Big Time

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

47k – 170k daily

Big Time

Live

19 – 9k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

April 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

47k – 170k

19 – 9k

Estimated players

361.7k5.7%

2.3k

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedBig Time

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~352k
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Big Time

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2.3k	Down 0.3%
September 2026	~2.3k
August 2026	~2.3k	Up 2.1%
July 2026	~2.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 11.3kDown 48%
Big Time: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 11,307 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Big Time.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.3kDown 0.2%
Big Time: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,251 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Big Time.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.9kUp 0.1%
Big Time: 2.9kUp 0.1%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 113× as many subreddit members as Big Time — 327,867 vs 2,896.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 142Down 64%
Big Time: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 142 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Big Time.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Big Time: 20kDown 0.5%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 60× as many YouTube subscribers as Big Time — 1,200,000 vs 20,000.

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.

Big Time

Big Time is estimated to have 19 – 9k players a day. Around 11k – 1m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.