CardLife

VS

Ark: Survival Evolved

CardLife is a survival sandbox game released in 2019 by Freejam. It had some initial interest due to its unique cardboard aesthetic, but never achieved mainstream popularity and has seen little to no sustained marketing or major updates. Given its indie status and lack of recent visibility, the active player base is likely very small, possibly under 100 daily players.

Ark: Survival Evolved is a popular survival sandbox game released in 2017 and available on nearly all platforms. Its peak was several years ago, but it maintains a stable community thanks to official and community servers, modding, and occasional event content. While numbers have declined since launch, the game still sees tens of thousands of daily players across PC and consoles, especially due to its ongoing updates and active mod scene. However, it is not an MMO as it does not feature a single, large-scale persistent world—servers are capped and players are sharded.