Head to head

Ark: Survival of the Fittest vs Dark Chess

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Live

30 – 110 daily

Dark Chess

Live

5 – 18 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2016 · 11 years ago

February 2023 · 4 years ago

Daily players

30 – 110

5 – 18

Estimated players

121.2k

933.2%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival of the FittestDark Chess

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

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

Dark Chess

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~91
September 2026	~91	Up 2.2%
August 2026	~89
July 2026	~89	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 10Down 9.1%
Dark Chess: 0Down 100%

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has 10 peak concurrent Steam players, while Dark Chess has 0.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 0Down 100%
Dark Chess: —

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Dark Chess.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 1.2m
Dark Chess: 24

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has about 50000× as many YouTube subscribers as Dark Chess — 1,200,000 vs 24.

Discord members

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —
Dark Chess: 262Down 0.8%

Dark Chess currently has 262 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Ark: Survival of the Fittest.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Ark: Survival of the Fittest is estimated to have 30 – 110 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 Chess

Dark Chess is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 8k – 19k 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.