Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Viking Rise

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

52k – 190k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

March 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

52k – 190k

2k – 7k

Estimated players

356.8k3.2%

69k0.2%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedViking Rise

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~353k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~68.9k
August 2026	~68.9k	Up 15%
July 2026	~59.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 11.3kDown 54%
Viking Rise: 357Down 57%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 32× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Viking Rise — 11,296 vs 357.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.8k
Viking Rise: 263.3k

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 1.5× as many Discord members as Viking Rise — 391,834 vs 263,285.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.3kUp 0.1%
Viking Rise: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 327,335 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 172Down 59%
Viking Rise: 211Down 80%

Viking Rise currently has about 1.2× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Evolved — 211 vs 172.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Viking Rise: 112kUp 1.8%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 11× as many YouTube subscribers as Viking Rise — 1,200,000 vs 112,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 52k – 190k 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.

Viking Rise

Viking Rise is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 28k – 71k 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.