Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Spellfarers

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

50k – 180k daily

Spellfarers

Live

5 – 18 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

April 2026 · 4 months ago

Daily players

50k – 180k

5 – 18

Estimated players

356.1k0.9%

2542.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedSpellfarers

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~355.7k
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Spellfarers

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~255	Up 4.5%
August 2026	~244	Up 2.5%
July 2026	~238	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 16.8kDown 28%
Spellfarers: 2Down 60%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 8419× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Spellfarers — 16,838 vs 2.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.9k
Spellfarers: 412Up 10%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 951× as many Discord members as Spellfarers — 391,910 vs 412.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.4kUp 0.1%
Spellfarers: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,362 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Spellfarers.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 387Down 0.3%
Spellfarers: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 387 live Twitch viewers, while Spellfarers has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Spellfarers: 1.3k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 952× as many YouTube subscribers as Spellfarers — 1,200,000 vs 1,260.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 50k – 180k 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.

Spellfarers

Spellfarers is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 6k – 15k 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.