Head to head

Lost Ark vs Palworld

Lost Ark

Live

21k – 73k daily

Palworld

Live

89k – 310k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

July 2026 · 4 months ago

Daily players

21k – 73k

89k – 310k

Estimated players

65.1k0.9%

318.3k1.6%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Xbox
macOS
PlayStation

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Lost ArkPalworld

Lost Ark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~63.9k	Down 0.5%
September 2026	~64.2k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~64.4k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~64.3k	—

Palworld

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~331.6k	Down 5.8%
September 2026	~352k	Down 21%
August 2026	~446.2k	Down 7.6%
July 2026	~483.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Lost Ark: 6kUp 15%
Palworld: 37.3kDown 26%

Palworld currently has about 6.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Lost Ark — 37,276 vs 6,020.

Reddit members

Lost Ark: 300.3kUp 0.1%
Palworld: 907.8kUp 0.6%

Palworld currently has about 3× as many subreddit members as Lost Ark — 907,783 vs 300,280.

Twitch viewers

Lost Ark: 3.3kUp 353%
Palworld: 363Down 78%

Lost Ark currently has about 9.1× as many live Twitch viewers as Palworld — 3,313 vs 363.

YouTube subscribers

Lost Ark: 103k
Palworld: 614k

Palworld currently has about 6× as many YouTube subscribers as Lost Ark — 614,000 vs 103,000.

Discord members

Lost Ark: —
Palworld: 312.8kDown 1.1%

Palworld currently has 312,820 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Lost Ark.

How these estimates are made

Lost Ark

Lost Ark is estimated to have 21k – 73k 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.

Palworld

Palworld is estimated to have 89k – 310k players a day. Around 6m – 14m 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.