Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Initial Drift Online

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

57k – 200k daily

Initial Drift Online

Live

180 – 620 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

December 2020 · 6 years ago

Daily players

57k – 200k

180 – 620

Estimated players

348.2k1.9%

2.2k0.9%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedInitial Drift Online

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~350.1k	Down 0.6%
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Initial Drift Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2.3k	Down 1.0%
September 2026	~2.3k	Up 0.7%
August 2026	~2.3k	Down 1.6%
July 2026	~2.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 17.6kDown 25%
Initial Drift Online: 51Down 8.9%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 345× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Initial Drift Online — 17,603 vs 51.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.3kDown 0.2%
Initial Drift Online: 6.2kDown 0.6%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 63× as many Discord members as Initial Drift Online — 391,295 vs 6,180.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.8kUp 0.1%
Initial Drift Online: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,761 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Initial Drift Online.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 205Down 47%
Initial Drift Online: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 205 live Twitch viewers, while Initial Drift Online has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Initial Drift Online: —

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

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 57k – 200k 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.

Initial Drift Online

Initial Drift Online is estimated to have 180 – 620 players a day. Around 130k – 320k 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.