Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs SmallZ

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

39k – 140k daily

SmallZ

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

January 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

39k – 140k

No population data

Estimated players

340.2k4.7%

271.4%

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 EvolvedSmallZ

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~352.1k	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

SmallZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~27	Down 3.6%
August 2026	~28
July 2026	~28	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 15.5kDown 23%
SmallZ: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 15,473 peak concurrent Steam players, while SmallZ has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.5k
SmallZ: 59

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 6635× as many Discord members as SmallZ — 391,454 vs 59.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.7kUp 0.1%
SmallZ: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,651 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for SmallZ.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 140Down 61%
SmallZ: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 140 live Twitch viewers, while SmallZ has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
SmallZ: —

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

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 39k – 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.

SmallZ

SmallZ 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.