Head to head

EverQuest II vs Lost Ark

EverQuest II

Live

620 – 2k daily

Lost Ark

Live

17k – 60k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2004 · 22 years ago

December 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

620 – 2k

17k – 60k

Estimated players

2k0.1%

64.3k0.1%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

EverQuest IILost Ark

EverQuest II

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2k	Down 0.3%
July 2026	~2k	—

Lost Ark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
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

EverQuest II: 247Up 4.7%
Lost Ark: 5.1kDown 24%

Lost Ark currently has about 21× as many peak concurrent Steam players as EverQuest II — 5,100 vs 247.

Reddit members

EverQuest II: 9.3kUp 0.9%
Lost Ark: 299.7kUp 0.2%

Lost Ark currently has about 32× as many subreddit members as EverQuest II — 299,678 vs 9,341.

Twitch viewers

EverQuest II: 14Down 71%
Lost Ark: 981Down 17%

Lost Ark currently has about 70× as many live Twitch viewers as EverQuest II — 981 vs 14.

YouTube subscribers

EverQuest II: 6.4kUp 0.2%
Lost Ark: 103k

Lost Ark currently has about 16× as many YouTube subscribers as EverQuest II — 103,000 vs 6,400.

How these estimates are made

EverQuest II

EverQuest II is estimated to have 620 – 2k players a day. Around 70k – 180k 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 17k – 60k 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.