Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs DrainLive

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

48k – 170k daily

DrainLive

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

December 2019 · 7 years ago

Daily players

48k – 170k

No population data

Estimated players

344.9k0.2%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedDrainLive

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~353.8k	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

DrainLive

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~17
August 2026	~17	Up 13%
July 2026	~15	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 15.8kDown 29%
DrainLive: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 15,779 peak concurrent Steam players, while DrainLive has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.7k
DrainLive: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,725 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for DrainLive.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.6kUp 0.1%
DrainLive: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,574 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for DrainLive.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 260Down 21%
DrainLive: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 260 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for DrainLive.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
DrainLive: 74

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 16216× as many YouTube subscribers as DrainLive — 1,200,000 vs 74.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 48k – 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.

DrainLive

DrainLive is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 4k – 9k 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.