Head to head

Ark: Survival of the Fittest vs Dark and Light

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Live

38 – 130 daily

Dark and Light

Live

73 – 260 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2016 · 10 years ago

July 2017 · 9 years ago

Daily players

38 – 130

73 – 260

Estimated players

121.2k

1.7k

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival of the FittestDark and Light

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~121.2k
August 2026	~121.2k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~121k	—

Dark and Light

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Down 0.3%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 14%
July 2026	~1.5k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 4Down 75%
Dark and Light: 26Down 28%

Dark and Light currently has about 6.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival of the Fittest — 26 vs 4.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 0
Dark and Light: 0

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Dark and Light has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 1.2m
Dark and Light: 4.7kDown 0.2%

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has about 254× as many YouTube subscribers as Dark and Light — 1,200,000 vs 4,730.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Ark: Survival of the Fittest is estimated to have 38 – 130 players a day. Around 230k – 590k 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.

Dark and Light

Dark and Light is estimated to have 73 – 260 players a day. Around 230k – 590k 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.