Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Nexus: The Jupiter Incident

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

40k – 140k daily

Nexus: The Jupiter Incident

Live

13 – 44 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

November 2004 · 22 years ago

Daily players

40k – 140k

13 – 44

Estimated players

354k3.4%

1.3k7.5%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedNexus: The Jupiter Incident

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~351.5k	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Nexus: The Jupiter Incident

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.3k	Up 3.1%
September 2026	~1.2k	Down 82%
August 2026	~6.7k	Down 28%
July 2026	~9.2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 16.7kUp 7.7%
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident: 4Down 33%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 4173× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Nexus: The Jupiter Incident — 16,693 vs 4.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 392kUp 0.1%
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident: 4.9kUp 0.6%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 80× as many Discord members as Nexus: The Jupiter Incident — 391,974 vs 4,896.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 328kUp 0.1%
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 328,024 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 487Up 178%
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident: 1

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 487× as many live Twitch viewers as Nexus: The Jupiter Incident — 487 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers, while Nexus: The Jupiter Incident has 0.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 40k – 140k 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: The Jupiter Incident

Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is estimated to have 13 – 44 players a day. Around 30k – 78k 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.