Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Pixel Starships 2

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

41k – 140k daily

Pixel Starships 2

Live

58 – 200 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

August 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

41k – 140k

58 – 200

Estimated players

353.2k2.1%

5k2.7%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS
Android

Platforms

Perspectives

Side View

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedPixel Starships 2

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~352k	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Pixel Starships 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~5k
August 2026	~5k	Up 19%
July 2026	~4.2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 9.5kDown 65%
Pixel Starships 2: 20Down 17%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 476× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pixel Starships 2 — 9,515 vs 20.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.4kDown 0.1%
Pixel Starships 2: 20.2k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 19× as many Discord members as Pixel Starships 2 — 391,403 vs 20,231.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.7kUp 0.1%
Pixel Starships 2: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,696 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Pixel Starships 2.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 108Down 86%
Pixel Starships 2: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 108 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Pixel Starships 2.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Pixel Starships 2: 556Up 1.5%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 2158× as many YouTube subscribers as Pixel Starships 2 — 1,200,000 vs 556.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 41k – 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.

Pixel Starships 2

Pixel Starships 2 is estimated to have 58 – 200 players a day. Around 13k – 32k 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.