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!
ARK: Survival Evolved playtime stats
558 tracked Steam players have spent 11.7 years in ARK: Survival Evolved, 184 hours each on average; the median player has 24 hours. The top 10% have 516 hours or more, while 20% are still under two hours, inside Steam's refund window. Over the last 30 days 0.2% of active players played it, 56 hours in all, most of all on Saturdays. A typical day of play lasts 5.6 hours. It is the most played game for 18 of its players. Its players also play ARK: Survival Ascended, 7 Days to Die and Terraria.
Total playtime
= 102,542 hours total
across 558 players
Avg per player
median 24h
Avg day of play
per player, on days they play
Loyalty
of its players' Steam time · top game for 18 players
New players
first played it in the last 30 days
Achievements
avg unlocked · 21 players at 100%
ARK: Survival Evolved over time
UTC days. Each line is scaled to its own range; hover a day for the values. Today is still in progress.
Trend
last 30 days vs the 30 beforeShare of active players
3 players of 1,548
0.2%
Share of hours played
56h in 30 days
0.1%
Hours per player
in the last 30 days
19h
Shares, not raw counts: we track more players every week, so raw totals mostly show our own growth.
Weekday pattern
avg hours, UTCBusiest on Saturdays, 166% above an average day.
Hours played per day
all tracked players, UTC days · hover a dayDays played
9
Tracked playtime
56h
Avg per day
6.3h
Biggest day
19h
Oct 10
Most players
2
Oct 10
Favorite day
Saturday
Top players
Full leaderboard →- 1
Patatesexy4,782h - 2
MicroBoy
4,475h - 3
ilera3d4,319h - 4
VulpesMyrca
3,594h - 5
Deathmess2,537h - 6
mhgastra
2,325h - 7
NATINATOR82,236h - 8
balou165
2,067h - 9
💜✯✯Fabse✯✯💜1,875h - 10
Sytex
1,776h
How long players stay
lifetime hours per player- Under 1h75 (13%)
- 1–10h134 (24%)
- 10–50h112 (20%)
- 50–100h61 (11%)
- 100–500h115 (21%)
- 500h+61 (11%)
20% of players have under 2 hours, inside Steam's refund window.
Top countries
by tracked players- United States123 players25% of its players
- Germany33 players34% of its players
United Kingdom28 players28% of its players
Canada20 players31% of its players
Poland15 players24% of its players
Australia14 players26% of its players
Players also play
from its players' most played games, updated nightly
ARK: Survival Ascended11% also play it
7 Days to Die22% also play it
Terraria41% also play it
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege37% also play it
Counter-Strike 253% also play it
Grand Theft Auto V Legacy35% also play it
Rust26% also play it
Warframe23% also play it
Palworld21% also play it
Phasmophobia20% also play it
Valheim22% also play it
tModLoader20% also play it