Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs RF Online Next

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

42k – 150k daily

RF Online Next

Live

27 – 13k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

June 2026 · 3 months ago

Daily players

42k – 150k

27 – 13k

Estimated players

353.2k2.4%

6.4k0.9%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedRF Online Next

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~352.2k	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

RF Online Next

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~6.4k	Up 3.0%
August 2026	~6.3k	Up 23%
July 2026	~5.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 16.7kDown 17%
RF Online Next: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 16,651 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for RF Online Next.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.5k
RF Online Next: 19.1kUp 2.0%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 20× as many Discord members as RF Online Next — 391,454 vs 19,146.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.7kUp 0.1%
RF Online Next: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,657 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for RF Online Next.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 241Down 48%
RF Online Next: 82Down 78%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 2.9× as many live Twitch viewers as RF Online Next — 241 vs 82.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
RF Online Next: 6.2kUp 1.5%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 192× as many YouTube subscribers as RF Online Next — 1,200,000 vs 6,240.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 42k – 150k 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.

RF Online Next

RF Online Next is estimated to have 27 – 13k players a day. Around 11k – 1m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.