Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Inkbound

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

50k – 180k daily

Inkbound

Live

120 – 410 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

April 2024 · 2 years ago

Daily players

50k – 180k

120 – 410

Estimated players

345.6k0.4%

2.7k6.2%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedInkbound

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~354.7k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Inkbound

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2.8k	Down 1.2%
July 2026	~2.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 13.5kDown 41%
Inkbound: 48Down 45%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 282× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Inkbound — 13,530 vs 48.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.8k
Inkbound: 6.7kDown 1.4%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 59× as many Discord members as Inkbound — 391,752 vs 6,672.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.2kUp 0.2%
Inkbound: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,199 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Inkbound.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 243Down 22%
Inkbound: 9Down 10%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 27× as many live Twitch viewers as Inkbound — 243 vs 9.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Inkbound: 840Up 0.1%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 1429× as many YouTube subscribers as Inkbound — 1,200,000 vs 840.

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.

Inkbound

Inkbound is estimated to have 120 – 410 players a day. Around 92k – 240k 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.