Head to head

Lost Ark vs Shadow Arena

Lost Ark

Live

18k – 65k daily

Shadow Arena

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

May 2020 · 6 years ago

Daily players

18k – 65k

No population data

Estimated players

64.7k1.2%

751

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Lost ArkShadow Arena

Lost Ark

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

Shadow Arena

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~751	Up 14%
July 2026	~661	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Lost Ark: 5.6kDown 9.8%
Shadow Arena: —

Lost Ark currently has 5,582 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow Arena.

Reddit members

Lost Ark: 299.5k
Shadow Arena: —

Lost Ark currently has 299,525 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow Arena.

Twitch viewers

Lost Ark: 1.3kDown 84%
Shadow Arena: —

Lost Ark currently has 1,347 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow Arena.

YouTube subscribers

Lost Ark: 103k
Shadow Arena: 2.1k

Lost Ark currently has about 49× as many YouTube subscribers as Shadow Arena — 103,000 vs 2,090.

How these estimates are made

Lost Ark

Lost Ark is estimated to have 18k – 65k 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.

Shadow Arena

Shadow Arena is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 120k – 300k 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.