Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs March of Empires

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

45k – 160k daily

March of Empires

Live

2k – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

December 2017 · 9 years ago

Daily players

45k – 160k

2k – 8k

Estimated players

356.7k2.1%

62415%

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 EvolvedMarch of Empires

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~352.8k	Up 0.1%
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

March of Empires

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~594	Up 1.2%
September 2026	~587	Up 1.0%
August 2026	~581	Up 2.1%
July 2026	~569	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 17.8kUp 1.3%
March of Empires: 872Up 8.2%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 20× as many peak concurrent Steam players as March of Empires — 17,803 vs 872.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.3kDown 0.1%
March of Empires: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,304 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for March of Empires.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.9kUp 0.1%
March of Empires: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,894 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for March of Empires.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 130Down 68%
March of Empires: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 130 live Twitch viewers, while March of Empires has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
March of Empires: —

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

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 45k – 160k 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.

March of Empires

March of Empires is estimated to have 2k – 8k players a day. Around 48k – 120k 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.