Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Guild Wars 2

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

43k – 150k daily

Guild Wars 2

Live

11k – 40k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

August 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

43k – 150k

11k – 40k

Estimated players

352.8k1.1%

86.3k0.3%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedGuild Wars 2

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~351.4k	Down 0.3%
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Guild Wars 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~86.1k	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~86.2k	Up 0.9%
August 2026	~85.5k	Up 14%
July 2026	~75.2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 16kUp 3.9%
Guild Wars 2: 3.4kDown 27%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 4.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Guild Wars 2 — 16,015 vs 3,413.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 392kUp 0.1%
Guild Wars 2: 47.5kDown 0.4%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 8.2× as many Discord members as Guild Wars 2 — 391,974 vs 47,513.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 328kUp 0.1%
Guild Wars 2: 429.9kUp 0.4%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 1.3× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Evolved — 429,870 vs 328,007.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 125Down 30%
Guild Wars 2: 1.1kDown 51%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 8.9× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Evolved — 1,110 vs 125.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Guild Wars 2: 219k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 5.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Guild Wars 2 — 1,200,000 vs 219,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 43k – 150k 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.

Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is estimated to have 11k – 40k players a day. Around 510k – 1m 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.