Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Runescape

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

54k – 190k daily

Runescape

Live

9k – 32k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

54k – 190k

9k – 32k

Estimated players

352.2k1.1%

107.5k0.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedRunescape

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~355.6k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~108k	Up 1.1%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 21.5kUp 43%
Runescape: 3.6kUp 33%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 5.9× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runescape — 21,539 vs 3,624.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.8k
Runescape: 127.7kUp 2.3%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 3.1× as many Discord members as Runescape — 391,760 vs 127,748.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.2kUp 0.2%
Runescape: 402.7kUp 0.8%

Runescape currently has about 1.2× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Evolved — 402,721 vs 327,165.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 320Up 19%
Runescape: 1.5kUp 58%

Runescape currently has about 4.6× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Evolved — 1,474 vs 320.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Runescape: 265kUp 0.4%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 4.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Runescape — 1,200,000 vs 265,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 54k – 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.

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 9k – 32k players a day. Around 470k – 1m 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.