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ARK: Survival Ascended

ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

Tracking since Sep 14, 2026 · Steam store page ↗
Developers
Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games
Publishers
Studio Wildcard, Snail Games USA
Released
Oct 25, 2023
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Early Access
Platforms
Windows
Website
playark.com ↗
Latest
22,596 
Peak · all time
33,592Oct 11, 2026
High · 7d
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Low · 7d
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Compare ARK: Survival Ascended with Deskrawl: Idle ARPG and ELDEN RING
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How many people are playing ARK: Survival Ascended?

ARK: Survival Ascended had 22,596 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 2, 2026, 21:00 UTC, down 17% from 27,269 a day earlier. As of Nov 2, 2026, 21:00 UTC, it ranks #64 of the 502 games tracked here, down 4 places from #60 a day earlier.

The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 14, 2026 is 33,592, on Oct 11, 2026; the latest reading is 67% of that.

Over the last four weeks, ARK: Survival Ascended's player count has held fairly steady around the clock.

Insights

What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.

When it's played
Around the clock
Over the last 4 weeks
Biggest change after a recent major or regular update
▲ +15% avg players
Regular update, Oct 3, 2026: Community Crunch 526: Madness Takes Flight ↗ 17,891 → 20,503, the week after against the week before

Recent ARK: Survival Ascended updates

The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.

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  1. Oct 31, 2026 Regular update Community Crunch 530: Trick or Teeth ↗ ▲ +8.7% 24,086 → 26,177 avg players · 1 day in
  2. Oct 24, 2026 Regular update Community Crunch 529: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun ↗ ▲ +3.4% 19,163 → 19,816 avg players
  3. Oct 17, 2026 Regular update Community Crunch 528: Not Quite What It Seems ↗ ▼ -5.5% 20,319 → 19,200 avg players
  4. Oct 10, 2026 Regular update Community Crunch 527: Trial by Fury ↗ ▼ -1.4% 20,337 → 20,046 avg players
  5. Oct 3, 2026 Regular update Community Crunch 526: Madness Takes Flight ↗ ▲ +15% 17,891 → 20,503 avg players

Games ranked near ARK: Survival Ascended

  1. Ranks 61–67

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    By concurrent players at the latest hour

    1. 61 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 23,445▼ -11% 24h
    2. 62 7 Days to Die 23,065▼ -21% 24h
    3. 63 Deskrawl: Idle ARPG 22,727▲ +0.1% 24h
    4. 64 ARK: Survival Ascended 22,596▼ -17% 24h
    5. 65 ELDEN RING 22,036▼ -17% 24h
    6. 66 Once Human 22,021▼ -16% 24h
    7. 67 Factorio 21,854▼ -16% 24h

More from the same studios

  1. Instinct Games

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    Developer of ARK: Survival Ascended

    1. ARK: Survival Evolved 13,615▼ -7.8% 24h

  2. Studio Wildcard

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    Developer and publisher of ARK: Survival Ascended

    1. ARK: Survival Evolved 13,615▼ -7.8% 24h

  3. Snail Games USA

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    Publisher of ARK: Survival Ascended

    1. ARK: Survival Evolved 13,615▼ -7.8% 24h
    2. Bellwright 1,673▼ -19% 24h
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