ARK: Survival Ascended
Live player count and Steam charts
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!
Player history
Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 13, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.
Monthly player counts
| Month | Avg players | Gain | % gain | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 * | 32,369 | +8,521 | +35.7% | 49,602 |
| Jun 2026 | 23,848 | +808 | +3.5% | 40,122 |
| May 2026 | 23,040 | -3,616 | -13.6% | 41,220 |
| Apr 2026 | 26,656 | -1,829 | -6.4% | 44,996 |
| Mar 2026 | 28,485 | +4,739 | +20.0% | 49,732 |
| Feb 2026 | 23,746 | -6,814 | -22.3% | 43,772 |
| Jan 2026 | 30,560 | +7,849 | +34.6% | 50,343 |
| Dec 2025 | 22,711 | +3,420 | +17.7% | 46,915 |
| Nov 2025 | 19,291 | +92 | +0.5% | 29,850 |
| Oct 2025 | 19,199 | +3,769 | +24.4% | 34,339 |
| Sep 2025 | 15,430 | -4,059 | -20.8% | 25,064 |
| Aug 2025 | 19,489 | -6,391 | -24.7% | 32,101 |
* current month, data so far
Recent updates
- Jul 25, 2026Community Crunch 516: Flips, Tricks & Teeth
- Jul 18, 2026Community Crunch 515: Bouncing into Summer!
- Jul 11, 2026Community Crunch 514: The Belly of the Beast
- Jul 10, 2026ARK Franchise Sale, Free Weekend, and Lumina Arrives!
- Jul 9, 2026Lumina Awakens!
- Jul 3, 2026ARK Tides of Fortune, Dragontopia and Genesis Part 1 are out now!
When people play
Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 16 days, shown in .
Daily activity peaks around 15:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in East & Southeast Asia. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.
Audience
Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 1 day — a rough proxy for where the player base is.
Achievements
Every achievement in the game, ordered from most to least earned (#1 is the one the most players have). Height is the share of all players who have it; the dashed line is the median. Global rates from Steam.
