Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Rust

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

36k – 130k daily

Rust

Live

270k – 970k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

36k – 130k

270k – 970k

Estimated players

358.2k2.7%

539k5.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedRust

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~353k	Up 0.2%
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~529.6k	Up 0.9%
September 2026	~525k	Down 2.6%
August 2026	~539.2k	Down 1.0%
July 2026	~544.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 14.3kDown 28%
Rust: 61.5kDown 40%

Rust currently has about 4.3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival Evolved — 61,464 vs 14,314.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 390kDown 0.4%
Rust: 812.6k

Rust currently has about 2.1× as many Discord members as Ark: Survival Evolved — 812,586 vs 389,954.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 328.1kUp 0.1%
Rust: 712.5kUp 0.2%

Rust currently has about 2.2× as many subreddit members as Ark: Survival Evolved — 712,485 vs 328,079.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 245Down 8.9%
Rust: 5.3kDown 92%

Rust currently has about 22× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Evolved — 5,326 vs 245.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Rust: 207kUp 0.5%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 5.8× as many YouTube subscribers as Rust — 1,200,000 vs 207,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 36k – 130k 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.

Rust

Rust is estimated to have 270k – 970k players a day. Around 13m – 34m 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.