Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Shell Shockers

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

62k – 220k daily

Shell Shockers

Live

22 – 10k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

September 2017 · 9 years ago

Daily players

62k – 220k

22 – 10k

Estimated players

358.8k2.9%

35.1k0.2%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Browser
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedShell Shockers

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~355.9k	Down 0.1%
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Shell Shockers

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~35.1k
July 2026	~35.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 25.8kUp 72%
Shell Shockers: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 25,787 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Shell Shockers.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.8k
Shell Shockers: 163.5k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 2.4× as many Discord members as Shell Shockers — 391,799 vs 163,457.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.2kUp 0.2%
Shell Shockers: 574

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 570× as many subreddit members as Shell Shockers — 327,156 vs 574.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 488Up 81%
Shell Shockers: 21Down 4.5%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 23× as many live Twitch viewers as Shell Shockers — 488 vs 21.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Shell Shockers: 16.4kUp 0.6%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 73× as many YouTube subscribers as Shell Shockers — 1,200,000 vs 16,400.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 62k – 220k 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.

Shell Shockers

Shell Shockers is estimated to have 22 – 10k players a day. Around 11k – 1m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.