Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Botania

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

45k – 160k daily

Botania

Live

21 – 10k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

February 2014 · 13 years ago

Daily players

45k – 160k

21 – 10k

Estimated players

354.5k0.5%

5.3k0.6%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedBotania

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~352.5k
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Botania

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~5.2k	Up 0.7%
September 2026	~5.1k	Down 2.2%
August 2026	~5.2k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~5.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 18.1kUp 8.4%
Botania: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 18,068 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Botania.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 388.9kDown 0.6%
Botania: 14kDown 1.0%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 28× as many Discord members as Botania — 388,869 vs 13,969.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 328.1kUp 0.1%
Botania: 6k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 55× as many subreddit members as Botania — 328,098 vs 5,983.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 177Down 87%
Botania: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 177 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Botania.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Botania: —

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

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 45k – 160k 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.

Botania

Botania is estimated to have 21 – 10k 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.