Head to head

Escape from Tarkov vs Lost Ark

Escape from Tarkov

Live

96k – 340k daily

Lost Ark

Live

22k – 78k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2025 · 9 months ago

December 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

96k – 340k

22k – 78k

Estimated players

418k1.0%

65.8k0.5%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Escape from TarkovLost Ark

Escape from Tarkov

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~413.8k	Up 8.0%
July 2026	~383.3k	—

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

Escape from Tarkov: 28.9kDown 18%
Lost Ark: 6.9kDown 9.5%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 4.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Lost Ark — 28,870 vs 6,867.

Discord members

Escape from Tarkov: 552.9kUp 0.3%
Lost Ark: —

Escape from Tarkov currently has 552,866 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Lost Ark.

Reddit members

Escape from Tarkov: 1.1mUp 0.1%
Lost Ark: 299.3k

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 3.8× as many subreddit members as Lost Ark — 1,148,857 vs 299,343.

Twitch viewers

Escape from Tarkov: 133.2kDown 27%
Lost Ark: 2.1kDown 16%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 63× as many live Twitch viewers as Lost Ark — 133,229 vs 2,102.

YouTube subscribers

Escape from Tarkov: 769k
Lost Ark: 103k

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 7.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Lost Ark — 769,000 vs 103,000.

How these estimates are made

Escape from Tarkov

Escape from Tarkov is estimated to have 96k – 340k players a day. Around 930k – 2m 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 22k – 78k 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.