Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Sands of Salzaar

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

40k – 140k daily

Sands of Salzaar

Live

250 – 880 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

January 2020 · 7 years ago

Daily players

40k – 140k

250 – 880

Estimated players

344.4k2.7%

3.5k1.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Android
iOS
Windows

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedSands of Salzaar

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~353.4k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Sands of Salzaar

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~3.5k	Up 0.1%
August 2026	~3.5k	Up 21%
July 2026	~2.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 10.2kDown 49%
Sands of Salzaar: 67Down 46%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 152× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Sands of Salzaar — 10,195 vs 67.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.9k
Sands of Salzaar: 4.3kUp 1.1%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 92× as many Discord members as Sands of Salzaar — 391,895 vs 4,256.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.5kUp 0.1%
Sands of Salzaar: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,459 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Sands of Salzaar.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 109Down 80%
Sands of Salzaar: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 109 live Twitch viewers, while Sands of Salzaar has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Sands of Salzaar: —

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

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 40k – 140k 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.

Sands of Salzaar

Sands of Salzaar is estimated to have 250 – 880 players a day. Around 400k – 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.