Head to head

Ark: Survival of the Fittest vs Scum

Ark: Survival of the Fittest

Live

35 – 120 daily

Scum

Live

28k – 98k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2016 · 10 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

35 – 120

28k – 98k

Estimated players

121.2k

44.1k0.7%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival of the FittestScum

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	—

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~43.1k
August 2026	~43k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~42.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 8
Scum: 8.5kDown 23%

Scum currently has about 1060× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Ark: Survival of the Fittest — 8,481 vs 8.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 0Down 100%
Scum: 351Down 61%

Ark: Survival of the Fittest currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Scum has 351.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: 1.2m
Scum: —

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

Discord members

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —
Scum: 68kUp 0.3%

Scum currently has 68,047 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Ark: Survival of the Fittest.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival of the Fittest: —
Scum: 52.9kUp 0.3%

Scum currently has 52,864 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 35 – 120 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.

Scum

Scum is estimated to have 28k – 98k 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.