
Ark: Survival EvolvedVSRust
Direct comparison between Ark: Survival Evolved and Rust. View their social activity, release status, platform availability, and other key details.
Game Status
Status
Ark: Survival Evolved status is active.
Status
Rust status is active.
Estimated Daily Players
Estimated Daily Players
We estimate that Ark: Survival Evolved has currently around 35k players daily.
Ark: Survival Evolved is a popular survival sandbox game released in 2017 and available on nearly all platforms. Its peak was several years ago, but it maintains a stable community thanks to official and community servers, modding, and occasional event content. While numbers have declined since launch, the game still sees tens of thousands of daily players across PC and consoles, especially due to its ongoing updates and active mod scene. However, it is not an MMO as it does not feature a single, large-scale persistent world—servers are capped and players are sharded.
Estimated Daily Players
We estimate that Rust has currently around 100k players daily.
Rust is a well-known multiplayer survival game, released in 2018 by Facepunch Studios. It maintains high popularity on platforms like Steam due to frequent updates, Twitch presence, and a strong PvP-focused community. It typically sees tens of thousands of concurrent players, so 100,000 daily players is a reasonable estimate for 2024.
Social Score
Social activity comparison between Ark: Survival Evolved and Rust. Data includes social media activity, community discussions, and online mentions tracked over time.
Social score for Ark: Survival Evolved
| Month | Social Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | ~42.1k | 6.2% |
| December 2025 | ~39.6k | 5.7% |
| November 2025 | ~42k | 0.6% |
| October 2025 | ~42.2k | 27.6% |
| September 2025 | ~33.1k |
Social score for Rust
| Month | Social Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | ~0 | 100.0% |
| December 2025 | ~74.7k | 3.9% |
| November 2025 | ~71.9k | 4.5% |
| October 2025 | ~75.3k | 47.0% |
| September 2025 | ~51.2k |
Game Age
Age
Ark: Survival Evolved was released in August 2017 (8 years ago).
Age
Rust was released in February 2018 (8 years ago).
Platforms
Ark: Survival Evolved is available on 9 platforms.
Rust is available on 5 platforms.
Player Perspectives
Ark: Survival Evolved offers 3 player perspectives.
Rust offers 1 player perspective.
Developers
Ark: Survival Evolved has 1 developer.
Rust has 1 developer.
Publishers
Ark: Survival Evolved has 3 publishers.
Rust has 2 publishers.
Categories
Ark: Survival Evolved has 9 categories.
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