Ark: Survival Evolved

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State of Survival

Ark: Survival Evolved is a popular survival sandbox game released in 2017 and available on nearly all platforms. Its peak was several years ago, but it maintains a stable community thanks to official and community servers, modding, and occasional event content. While numbers have declined since launch, the game still sees tens of thousands of daily players across PC and consoles, especially due to its ongoing updates and active mod scene. However, it is not an MMO as it does not feature a single, large-scale persistent world—servers are capped and players are sharded.

State of Survival is a popular mobile strategy-survival RPG that launched in 2019 and has seen sustained marketing and content updates. These factors, along with a strong presence in app store charts and ongoing partnerships, indicate a healthy daily active player population. However, as a typical mobile strategy title, its DAU is in the low hundreds of thousands several years after launch, given natural attrition and aging in the mobile games market.