Head to head

DayZ vs Lost Ark

DayZ

Live

110k – 380k daily

Lost Ark

Live

14k – 50k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

110k – 380k

14k – 50k

Estimated players

196.6k2.8%

63.6k0.5%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DayZLost Ark

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~190.8k	Down 1.2%
September 2026	~193.1k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~193.9k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Lost Ark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~63.5k	Down 1.1%
September 2026	~64.2k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~64.4k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~64.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DayZ: 31.1kDown 38%
Lost Ark: 4.9kUp 16%

DayZ currently has about 6.4× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Lost Ark — 31,072 vs 4,887.

Discord members

DayZ: 191.3kUp 1.0%
Lost Ark: —

DayZ currently has 191,343 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Lost Ark.

Reddit members

DayZ: 561.7kUp 0.3%
Lost Ark: 300k

DayZ currently has about 1.9× as many subreddit members as Lost Ark — 561,694 vs 300,029.

Twitch viewers

DayZ: 11.7kUp 36%
Lost Ark: 658Down 39%

DayZ currently has about 18× as many live Twitch viewers as Lost Ark — 11,674 vs 658.

YouTube subscribers

DayZ: 137kUp 0.7%
Lost Ark: 103k

DayZ currently has about 1.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Lost Ark — 137,000 vs 103,000.

How these estimates are made

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 110k – 380k players a day. Around 5m – 13m 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.

Lost Ark

Lost Ark is estimated to have 14k – 50k players a day. Around 3m – 7m 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.