Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs Phantasy Star Universe

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

48k – 170k daily

Phantasy Star Universe

Live

9 – 4k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

August 2006 · 20 years ago

Daily players

48k – 170k

9 – 4k

Estimated players

344.9k0.2%

2622.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedPhantasy Star Universe

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~353.7k	Down 0.7%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

Phantasy Star Universe

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~258	Up 4.0%
August 2026	~248	Up 23%
July 2026	~201	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 13.5kDown 39%
Phantasy Star Universe: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 13,518 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Universe.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.7k
Phantasy Star Universe: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 391,725 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Universe.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.6kUp 0.1%
Phantasy Star Universe: 2.6kUp 6.0%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 125× as many subreddit members as Phantasy Star Universe — 327,573 vs 2,619.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 260Down 21%
Phantasy Star Universe: 0

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 260 live Twitch viewers, while Phantasy Star Universe has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
Phantasy Star Universe: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Universe.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 48k – 170k players a day. Around 8m – 21m 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.

Phantasy Star Universe

Phantasy Star Universe is estimated to have 9 – 4k players a day. Around 9k – 850k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.