Head to head

Ark: Survival of the Fittest vs DayZ

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Live

28 – 97 daily

DayZ

Live

160k – 570k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2016 · 11 years ago

December 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

28 – 97

160k – 570k

Estimated players

121.2k

210.7k1.0%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival of the FittestDayZ

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

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

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~197.8k
October 2026	~197.7k	Up 2.4%
September 2026	~193.1k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~193.9k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 18
DayZ: 27.7kDown 44%

DayZ currently has about 1539× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival of the Fittest — 27,701 vs 18.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 0
DayZ: 19.3kUp 179%

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while DayZ has 19,323.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 1.2m
DayZ: 137k

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has about 8.8× as many YouTube subscribers as DayZ — 1,200,000 vs 137,000.

Discord members

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —
DayZ: 189.4kDown 0.7%

DayZ currently has 189,422 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Ark: Survival of the Fittest.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —
DayZ: 563.6kUp 0.4%

DayZ currently has 563,586 subreddit 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 28 – 97 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.

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 160k – 570k players a day. Around 5m – 13m 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.