Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Shot Online

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

57k – 200k daily

Shot Online

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

January 2019 · 8 years ago

Daily players

57k – 200k

No population data

Estimated players

363.5k0.1%

111.8%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedShot Online

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~360.5k	Up 2.1%
October 2026	~352.9k	Up 0.2%
September 2026	~352.3k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Shot Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~11	Down 8.3%
October 2026	~12
September 2026	~12
August 2026	~12
July 2026	~12	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 10.9kDown 49%
Shot Online: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 10,923 peak concurrent Steam players, while Shot Online has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 389kDown 0.6%
Shot Online: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 388,994 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Shot Online.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 328.1kUp 0.1%
Shot Online: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 328,135 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Shot Online.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 231Down 2.9%
Shot Online: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 231 live Twitch viewers, while Shot Online has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Shot Online: —

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

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 57k – 200k 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.

Shot Online

Shot Online is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 4k – 11k 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.