Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Strife

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

50k – 180k daily

Strife

Live

8 – 26 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

May 2015 · 11 years ago

Daily players

50k – 180k

8 – 26

Estimated players

351.3k2.1%

1.2k

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedStrife

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~355k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Strife

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~1.2k
July 2026	~1.2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 12.2kDown 19%
Strife: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 12,230 peak concurrent Steam players, while Strife has 0.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.8k
Strife: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,752 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Strife.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.2kUp 0.2%
Strife: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,185 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Strife.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 336Up 24%
Strife: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 336 live Twitch viewers, while Strife has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Strife: 7kDown 0.1%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 172× as many YouTube subscribers as Strife — 1,200,000 vs 6,990.

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.

Strife

Strife is estimated to have 8 – 26 players a day. Around 110k – 280k 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.