Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Highrise

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

41k – 140k daily

Highrise

Live

550 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

October 2025 · 11 months ago

Daily players

41k – 140k

550 – 2k

Estimated players

353.2k2.1%

37.9k0.4%

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	~352k	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Highrise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~37.9k
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: 9.5kDown 65%
Highrise: 143Down 33%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 67× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Highrise — 9,515 vs 143.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.4kDown 0.1%
Highrise: 173.6k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 2.3× as many Discord members as Highrise — 391,403 vs 173,588.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.7kUp 0.1%
Highrise: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,696 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Highrise.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 108Down 86%
Highrise: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 108 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Highrise.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Highrise: 16.6kUp 0.6%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 72× as many YouTube subscribers as Highrise — 1,200,000 vs 16,600.

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.

Highrise

Highrise is estimated to have 550 – 2k players a day. Around 13k – 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.