Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Realm of the Mad God

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

51k – 180k daily

Realm of the Mad God

Live

4k – 15k 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

51k – 180k

4k – 15k

Estimated players

351.2k3.7%

35.8k3.0%

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
October 2026	~351.7k	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Realm of the Mad God

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~35.6k	Down 0.4%
September 2026	~35.8k	Up 0.2%
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: 10kDown 54%
Realm of the Mad God: 1.4kDown 28%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Realm of the Mad God — 9,973 vs 1,431.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.6k
Realm of the Mad God: 67.7kUp 0.1%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 5.8× as many Discord members as Realm of the Mad God — 391,589 vs 67,706.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 328kUp 0.1%
Realm of the Mad God: 93.8kUp 0.4%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 3.5× as many subreddit members as Realm of the Mad God — 327,951 vs 93,807.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 184Down 90%
Realm of the Mad God: 90Down 27%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 2× as many live Twitch viewers as Realm of the Mad God — 184 vs 90.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Realm of the Mad God: 12.5kUp 0.8%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 96× as many YouTube subscribers as Realm of the Mad God — 1,200,000 vs 12,500.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 51k – 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.

Realm of the Mad God

Realm of the Mad God is estimated to have 4k – 15k 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.