Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Puzzle Pirates

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

37k – 130k daily

Puzzle Pirates

Live

630 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

December 2003 · 23 years ago

Daily players

37k – 130k

630 – 2k

Estimated players

341.7k4.4%

2k6.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedPuzzle Pirates

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~347.9k	Down 1.3%
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Puzzle Pirates

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2.1k	Down 0.8%
September 2026	~2.1k	Up 3.0%
August 2026	~2k	Up 1.7%
July 2026	~2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 14.4kDown 17%
Puzzle Pirates: 171Down 30%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 84× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Puzzle Pirates — 14,361 vs 171.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.2kDown 0.2%
Puzzle Pirates: 4.8kUp 4.3%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 82× as many Discord members as Puzzle Pirates — 391,209 vs 4,797.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.8kUp 0.1%
Puzzle Pirates: 3.7kUp 1.5%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 89× as many subreddit members as Puzzle Pirates — 327,802 vs 3,702.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 880Up 199%
Puzzle Pirates: 5Down 50%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 176× as many live Twitch viewers as Puzzle Pirates — 880 vs 5.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Puzzle Pirates: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Puzzle Pirates.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 37k – 130k 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.

Puzzle Pirates

Puzzle Pirates is estimated to have 630 – 2k players a day. Around 57k – 150k 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.