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ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED

ARK: Survival Evolved has 11,967 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 22,451 and its all-time peak is 32,534. Data refreshes every 5 minutes from the official Steam Web API.

DEV · Studio Wildcard, Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, Virtual Basement LLCPUB · Studio Wildcard, Snail Games USA2017

Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

Strong daily player base. Matchmaking and servers will be lively.
Currently at 37% of the all-time peak of 32,534 players.
Last updated 10 months ago: ARK: Aquatica Official servers update.

Playing now

11,967

24h peak

22,451

24h change

▲ 9.6%

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ACROSS PLATFORMS

STEAMLIVE

Current

12.0K

24h peak

22.5K

All-time

32.5K

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