Head to head

Ark: Survival of the Fittest vs Milky Way Idle

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Live

20 – 71 daily

Milky Way Idle

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2016 · 10 years ago

April 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

20 – 71

2k – 7k

Estimated players

121.2k

3.8k1.6%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation

Browser
Windows

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival of the FittestMilky Way Idle

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

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

Milky Way Idle

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~3.8k	Up 0.8%
July 2026	~3.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 5Down 55%
Milky Way Idle: 837Up 9.8%

Milky Way Idle currently has about 167× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival of the Fittest — 837 vs 5.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 0
Milky Way Idle: 0

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Milky Way Idle has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 1.2m
Milky Way Idle: —

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Milky Way Idle.

Discord members

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —
Milky Way Idle: 10kUp 0.4%

Milky Way Idle currently has 9,981 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Ark: Survival of the Fittest.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —
Milky Way Idle: 565Up 2.7%

Milky Way Idle currently has 565 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 20 – 71 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.

Milky Way Idle

Milky Way Idle is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 59k – 150k 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.