Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Guardians of Middle-earth

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

45k – 160k daily

Guardians of Middle-earth

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

December 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

45k – 160k

No population data

Estimated players

356k4.2%

142

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedGuardians of Middle-earth

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~352.8k	Up 0.1%
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Guardians of Middle-earth

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~144	Up 0.7%
September 2026	~143
August 2026	~143	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~142	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 17.8kUp 1.3%
Guardians of Middle-earth: 1

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 17803× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Guardians of Middle-earth — 17,803 vs 1.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.3kDown 0.2%
Guardians of Middle-earth: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,302 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.9kUp 0.1%
Guardians of Middle-earth: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,893 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 208Down 38%
Guardians of Middle-earth: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 208 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Guardians of Middle-earth: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 45k – 160k 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.

Guardians of Middle-earth

Guardians of Middle-earth is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 38k – 97k 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.