Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs HEX: Shards of Fate

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

50k – 180k daily

HEX: Shards of Fate

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

January 2016 · 11 years ago

Daily players

50k – 180k

No population data

Estimated players

356.1k0.9%

175

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedHEX: Shards of Fate

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~357.8k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

HEX: Shards of Fate

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~175	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~176	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~175	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 23.5kUp 0.6%
HEX: Shards of Fate: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 23,466 peak concurrent Steam players, while HEX: Shards of Fate has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.9k
HEX: Shards of Fate: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,927 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for HEX: Shards of Fate.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.4kUp 0.1%
HEX: Shards of Fate: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,368 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for HEX: Shards of Fate.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 387Down 0.3%
HEX: Shards of Fate: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 387 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for HEX: Shards of Fate.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
HEX: Shards of Fate: —

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

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 50k – 180k 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.

HEX: Shards of Fate

HEX: Shards of Fate is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 45k – 120k 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.