Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs DayZ

Ark: Survival Evolved

Released

~110k daily · 77k – 150k

Last measured Nov 7, 2026

DayZ

Released

~530k daily · 310k – 890k

Last measured Nov 7, 2026

VerdictDayZ has ~4.8× Ark: Survival Evolved's daily players (~530k vs ~110k, as of Nov 7, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

December 2018 · 8 years ago

Est. daily players

~110k77k – 150kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 7, 2026

~530k310k – 890kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 7, 2026

Available on

Android
iOS
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macOS
Nintendo
PlayStation
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Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Ark: Survival EvolvedDayZ

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 20.5k
DayZ: 41.2k

DayZ currently has about 2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival Evolved — 41,175 vs 20,543.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 389.7k
DayZ: 189.7k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 2.1× as many Discord members as DayZ — 389,745 vs 189,736.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 328.2k
DayZ: 564k

DayZ currently has about 1.7× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Evolved — 563,994 vs 328,193.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 197
DayZ: 5.2k

DayZ currently has about 27× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Evolved — 5,241 vs 197.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
DayZ: 137k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 8.8× as many YouTube subscribers as DayZ — 1,200,000 vs 137,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

We estimate that about 110,000 people play Ark: Survival Evolved on a typical day (most likely between 77,000 and 150,000), based on data from Nov 7, 2026. Around 10,000,000 accounts (between 8,000,000 and 13,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

DayZ

We estimate that about 530,000 people play DayZ on a typical day (most likely between 310,000 and 890,000), based on data from Nov 7, 2026. Around 13,000,000 accounts (between 8,500,000 and 20,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate