Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs VRChat

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

57k – 200k daily

VRChat

Live

150k – 520k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

February 2017 · 10 years ago

Daily players

57k – 200k

150k – 520k

Estimated players

348.4k2.2%

218.5k1.0%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedVRChat

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~353.1k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

VRChat

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~215.7k	Down 1.5%
August 2026	~219.1k	Up 0.5%
July 2026	~218k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 10.4kDown 58%
VRChat: 46.6kDown 26%

VRChat currently has about 4.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival Evolved — 46,573 vs 10,437.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.7k
VRChat: 417.7kUp 1.0%

Ark: Survival Evolved and VRChat are nearly even on Discord members — 391,690 vs 417,747.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.6kUp 0.1%
VRChat: 240.4kUp 0.7%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 1.4× as many subreddit members as VRChat — 327,594 vs 240,372.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 134Down 77%
VRChat: 7.4kDown 7.7%

VRChat currently has about 55× as many live Twitch viewers as Ark: Survival Evolved — 7,360 vs 134.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
VRChat: 129kUp 0.8%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 9.3× as many YouTube subscribers as VRChat — 1,200,000 vs 129,000.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 57k – 200k 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.

VRChat

VRChat is estimated to have 150k – 520k players a day. Around 3m – 8m 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.