Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Hackmud

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

45k – 160k daily

Hackmud

Live

33 – 110 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

September 2016 · 10 years ago

Daily players

45k – 160k

33 – 110

Estimated players

345.9k3.3%

1.3k8.8%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedHackmud

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~353.3k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Hackmud

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.3k	Up 0.8%
August 2026	~1.3k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~1.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 17.8kDown 28%
Hackmud: 13Up 8.3%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 1372× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Hackmud — 17,830 vs 13.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.6k
Hackmud: 3.9kUp 0.3%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 99× as many Discord members as Hackmud — 391,632 vs 3,944.

Reddit members

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

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,604 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Hackmud.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 146Down 70%
Hackmud: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 146 live Twitch viewers, while Hackmud has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Hackmud: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Hackmud.

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.

Hackmud

Hackmud is estimated to have 33 – 110 players a day. Around 24k – 63k 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.