Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Lif

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

43k – 150k daily

Lif

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

43k – 150k

No population data

Estimated players

341.5k4.5%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedLif

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~352.1k	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Lif

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~14
August 2026	~14	Up 7.7%
July 2026	~13	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 10.1kDown 53%
Lif: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 10,055 peak concurrent Steam players, while Lif has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.6k
Lif: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,619 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Lif.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.6kUp 0.1%
Lif: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,630 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Lif.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 112Down 74%
Lif: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 112 live Twitch viewers, while Lif has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Lif: —

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

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 43k – 150k 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.

Lif

Lif is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 5k – 13k 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.