Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Nexus Station

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

55k – 190k daily

Nexus Station

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

January 2025 · 2 years ago

Daily players

55k – 190k

No population data

Estimated players

356.6k2.3%

3720.1%

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 EvolvedNexus Station

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~354.2k	Down 0.5%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Nexus Station

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~373	Down 0.3%
August 2026	~374	Up 1.1%
July 2026	~370	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 21.6kUp 5.8%
Nexus Station: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 21,624 peak concurrent Steam players, while Nexus Station has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.9k
Nexus Station: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,883 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Nexus Station.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.5kUp 0.1%
Nexus Station: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,488 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Nexus Station.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 341Down 18%
Nexus Station: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 341 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Nexus Station.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Nexus Station: 3.4kDown 0.3%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 353× as many YouTube subscribers as Nexus Station — 1,200,000 vs 3,400.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 55k – 190k 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.

Nexus Station

Nexus Station is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 11k – 28k 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.