Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Realm of the Mad God

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

55k – 190k daily

Realm of the Mad God

Live

5k – 18k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

June 2011 · 15 years ago

Daily players

55k – 190k

5k – 18k

Estimated players

356.6k2.3%

35.6k3.9%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Browser
Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedRealm of the Mad God

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~354k	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Realm of the Mad God

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~35.9k	Up 0.7%
August 2026	~35.7k	Up 19%
July 2026	~30k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 16.2kDown 21%
Realm of the Mad God: 1.7kUp 26%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 9.8× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Realm of the Mad God — 16,236 vs 1,655.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.9k
Realm of the Mad God: 67.6kUp 0.9%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 5.8× as many Discord members as Realm of the Mad God — 391,883 vs 67,589.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.5kUp 0.1%
Realm of the Mad God: 93.3kUp 0.4%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 3.5× as many subreddit members as Realm of the Mad God — 327,485 vs 93,310.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 263Down 37%
Realm of the Mad God: 49Down 75%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 5.4× as many live Twitch viewers as Realm of the Mad God — 263 vs 49.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Realm of the Mad God: 12.4k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 97× as many YouTube subscribers as Realm of the Mad God — 1,200,000 vs 12,400.

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.

Realm of the Mad God

Realm of the Mad God is estimated to have 5k – 18k players a day. Around 750k – 2m 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.