Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Escape from Tarkov

Ark: Survival Evolved

Released

~110k daily · 77k – 150k

Last measured Nov 7, 2026

Escape from Tarkov

Released

~580k daily · 340k – 980k

Last measured Nov 7, 2026

VerdictEscape from Tarkov has ~5.3× Ark: Survival Evolved's daily players (~580k vs ~110k, as of Nov 7, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

November 2025 · 1 year ago

Est. daily players

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

~580k340k – 980kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 7, 2026

Available on

Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Nintendo
PlayStation
Stadia
Windows
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Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Ark: Survival EvolvedEscape from Tarkov

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
Escape from Tarkov: 32.5k

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 1.6× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival Evolved — 32,466 vs 20,543.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 389.7k
Escape from Tarkov: 555.8k

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 1.4× as many Discord members as Ark: Survival Evolved — 555,810 vs 389,745.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 328.2k
Escape from Tarkov: 1.2m

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 3.5× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Evolved — 1,158,672 vs 328,193.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 197
Escape from Tarkov: 21.8k

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 111× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Evolved — 21,814 vs 197.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Escape from Tarkov: 773k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 1.6× as many YouTube subscribers as Escape from Tarkov — 1,200,000 vs 773,000.

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.

Escape from Tarkov

We estimate that about 580,000 people play Escape from Tarkov on a typical day (most likely between 340,000 and 980,000), based on data from Nov 7, 2026. Around 4,000,000 accounts (between 2,600,000 and 6,100,000) 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