Head to head

Ark: Survival of the Fittest vs Escape from Tarkov

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Live

23 – 79 daily

Escape from Tarkov

Live

84k – 300k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2016 · 10 years ago

November 2025 · 10 months ago

Daily players

23 – 79

84k – 300k

Estimated players

121.2k

395.4k2.8%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival of the FittestEscape from Tarkov

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	—

Escape from Tarkov

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~398.7k	Down 1.8%
August 2026	~406k	Up 5.9%
July 2026	~383.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 11Up 22%
Escape from Tarkov: 32.8kDown 24%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 2981× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival of the Fittest — 32,789 vs 11.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 0
Escape from Tarkov: 59.5kDown 41%

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Escape from Tarkov has 59,471.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 1.2m
Escape from Tarkov: 770kUp 0.1%

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has about 1.6× as many YouTube subscribers as Escape from Tarkov — 1,200,000 vs 770,000.

Discord members

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —
Escape from Tarkov: 557.3kUp 1.2%

Escape from Tarkov currently has 557,292 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Ark: Survival of the Fittest.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —
Escape from Tarkov: 1.2mUp 0.5%

Escape from Tarkov currently has 1,152,492 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 23 – 79 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.

Escape from Tarkov

Escape from Tarkov is estimated to have 84k – 300k players a day. Around 960k – 3m 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.