Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Sams

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

45k – 160k daily

Sams

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

December 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

45k – 160k

No population data

Estimated players

356k4.2%

38.7%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

—

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedSams

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~352.7k	Up 0.1%
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Sams

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~3	Up 50%
September 2026	~2
August 2026	~2
July 2026	~2	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 18.2kUp 3.5%
Sams: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 18,166 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Sams.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.3kDown 0.2%
Sams: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,285 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Sams.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.9kUp 0.1%
Sams: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,888 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Sams.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 198Down 41%
Sams: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 198 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Sams.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Sams: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Sams.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 45k – 160k 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.

Sams

Sams is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 1k – 3k 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.