Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Dark

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

39k – 140k daily

Dark

TBA

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

UNKNOWN

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

To be announced

Daily players

39k – 140k

No population data

Estimated players

340.2k4.7%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedDark

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~352.1k	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Dark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~9
August 2026	~9
July 2026	~9	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 16.7kDown 17%
Dark: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 16,651 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Dark.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.5k
Dark: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,454 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.7kUp 0.1%
Dark: 16

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 20478× as many subreddit members as Dark — 327,652 vs 16.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 451Up 24%
Dark: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 451 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Dark.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Dark: 71

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 16901× as many YouTube subscribers as Dark — 1,200,000 vs 71.

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.

Dark

Dark is estimated to have 0 – 230 players a day. Around 610 – 65k 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.