Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Pixel Worlds

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

50k – 180k daily

Pixel Worlds

Live

1k – 5k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

June 2017 · 9 years ago

Daily players

50k – 180k

1k – 5k

Estimated players

355k1.9%

29.8k2.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedPixel Worlds

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Pixel Worlds

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~30.7k	Up 1.1%
August 2026	~30.4k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~30.5k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 10kDown 61%
Pixel Worlds: 181Down 62%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 55× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pixel Worlds — 10,029 vs 181.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.5k
Pixel Worlds: 62.7kDown 1.4%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 6.2× as many Discord members as Pixel Worlds — 391,475 vs 62,735.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.7kUp 0.1%
Pixel Worlds: 4.4kUp 0.9%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 75× as many subreddit members as Pixel Worlds — 327,681 vs 4,375.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 173Down 80%
Pixel Worlds: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 173 live Twitch viewers, while Pixel Worlds has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Pixel Worlds: 138k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 8.7× as many YouTube subscribers as Pixel Worlds — 1,200,000 vs 138,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 50k – 180k 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 Worlds

Pixel Worlds is estimated to have 1k – 5k players a day. Around 160k – 420k 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.