Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Highrise

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

59k – 210k daily

Highrise

Live

880 – 3k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

October 2025 · 10 months ago

Daily players

59k – 210k

880 – 3k

Estimated players

364.8k1.0%

38.2k0.2%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedHighrise

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~359k	Up 0.8%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Highrise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~38.1k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~37.9k
July 2026	~38k	—

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%
Highrise: 272Up 38%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 86× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Highrise — 23,466 vs 272.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.9k
Highrise: 173.7k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 2.3× as many Discord members as Highrise — 391,927 vs 173,696.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.4kUp 0.1%
Highrise: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,370 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Highrise.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 250Down 63%
Highrise: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 250 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Highrise.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Highrise: 16.5kUp 0.6%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 73× as many YouTube subscribers as Highrise — 1,200,000 vs 16,500.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 59k – 210k 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.

Highrise

Highrise is estimated to have 880 – 3k players a day. Around 12k – 32k 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.