Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Darkest Days

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

55k – 200k daily

Darkest Days

Live

770 – 3k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

April 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

55k – 200k

770 – 3k

Estimated players

345.2k1.9%

2.3k0.2%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedDarkest Days

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~355.6k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Darkest Days

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2.3k	Up 17%
July 2026	~1.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 23.1kUp 54%
Darkest Days: 327Down 1.2%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 71× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Darkest Days — 23,085 vs 327.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.8k
Darkest Days: 5.9kDown 1.1%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 67× as many Discord members as Darkest Days — 391,799 vs 5,854.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.1kUp 0.1%
Darkest Days: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,124 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Darkest Days.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 669Up 148%
Darkest Days: 1

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 669× as many live Twitch viewers as Darkest Days — 669 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Darkest Days: 2.2kUp 1.4%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 556× as many YouTube subscribers as Darkest Days — 1,200,000 vs 2,160.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 55k – 200k 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.

Darkest Days

Darkest Days is estimated to have 770 – 3k players a day. Around 110k – 290k 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.