Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Path of Exile

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

55k – 190k daily

Path of Exile

Live

31k – 110k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

October 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

55k – 190k

31k – 110k

Estimated players

356.6k2.3%

272k1.7%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedPath of Exile

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	—

Path of Exile

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~271.5k	Down 6.0%
August 2026	~288.8k	Down 1.5%
July 2026	~293.3k	—

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%
Path of Exile: 12.6kDown 76%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 1.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Path of Exile — 21,624 vs 12,636.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.9k
Path of Exile: 264.9kUp 0.5%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 1.5× as many Discord members as Path of Exile — 391,883 vs 264,927.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.5kUp 0.1%
Path of Exile: 1.1mUp 0.3%

Path of Exile currently has about 3.3× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Evolved — 1,083,391 vs 327,487.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 263Down 37%
Path of Exile: 1kDown 93%

Path of Exile currently has about 3.9× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Evolved — 1,014 vs 263.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Path of Exile: 430kUp 0.9%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 2.8× as many YouTube subscribers as Path of Exile — 1,200,000 vs 430,000.

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.

Path of Exile

Path of Exile is estimated to have 31k – 110k players a day. Around 3m – 8m 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.