Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Heavy Metal Machines

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

41k – 140k daily

Heavy Metal Machines

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

September 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

41k – 140k

No population data

Estimated players

353.2k2.1%

417

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedHeavy Metal Machines

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~352.1k	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Heavy Metal Machines

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~418
August 2026	~418
July 2026	~418	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 12kDown 56%
Heavy Metal Machines: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 12,045 peak concurrent Steam players, while Heavy Metal Machines has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.4kDown 0.1%
Heavy Metal Machines: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,403 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Heavy Metal Machines.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.7kUp 0.1%
Heavy Metal Machines: 222

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 1476× as many subreddit members as Heavy Metal Machines — 327,698 vs 222.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1kUp 31%
Heavy Metal Machines: 9

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 114× as many live Twitch viewers as Heavy Metal Machines — 1,023 vs 9.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Heavy Metal Machines: —

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

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 41k – 140k 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.

Heavy Metal Machines

Heavy Metal Machines is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 90k – 230k 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.