Head to head

DayZ vs Lost Ark

DayZ

Live

110k – 400k daily

Lost Ark

Live

19k – 68k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

110k – 400k

19k – 68k

Estimated players

188.9k1.9%

65k0.2%

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
August 2026	~193.9k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Lost Ark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~64.5k	Up 0.3%
July 2026	~64.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DayZ: 22.2kDown 57%
Lost Ark: 6.3kDown 7.3%

DayZ currently has about 3.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Lost Ark — 22,192 vs 6,343.

Discord members

DayZ: 187.6kUp 0.4%
Lost Ark: —

DayZ currently has 187,632 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Lost Ark.

Reddit members

DayZ: 557.9k
Lost Ark: 299.4k

DayZ currently has about 1.9× as many subreddit members as Lost Ark — 557,880 vs 299,358.

Twitch viewers

DayZ: 3.9kDown 35%
Lost Ark: 1.5kDown 16%

DayZ currently has about 2.5× as many live Twitch viewers as Lost Ark — 3,918 vs 1,542.

YouTube subscribers

DayZ: 135k
Lost Ark: 103k

DayZ currently has about 1.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Lost Ark — 135,000 vs 103,000.

How these estimates are made

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 110k – 400k 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 19k – 68k 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.