Head to head

Ark: Survival of the Fittest vs Elite: Dangerous

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Live

53 – 190 daily

Elite: Dangerous

Live

11k – 40k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2016 · 11 years ago

December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

53 – 190

11k – 40k

Estimated players

121.2k

92k0.8%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival of the FittestElite: Dangerous

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	—

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~91.2k	Up 0.6%
September 2026	~90.7k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 3Down 57%
Elite: Dangerous: 3.2kDown 36%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 1065× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival of the Fittest — 3,194 vs 3.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 0
Elite: Dangerous: 179Down 96%

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Elite: Dangerous has 179.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 1.2m
Elite: Dangerous: 171k

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has about 7× as many YouTube subscribers as Elite: Dangerous — 1,200,000 vs 171,000.

Discord members

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —
Elite: Dangerous: 71.1kUp 0.3%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 71,067 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Ark: Survival of the Fittest.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —
Elite: Dangerous: 390.1kUp 0.4%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 390,126 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 53 – 190 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.

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 11k – 40k players a day. Around 2m – 4m 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.