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ARK: Survival Evolved on Twitch — competition and audience

Studio Wildcard· 2017· Stadia · Series X|S · PS4 · Linux · Android
ShooterRPGSimulatorAdventureIndieSurvival

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!

Trailer

What is ARK: Survival Evolved about?

Players awaken on a mysterious island called the Ark with no memory of how they arrived. Surrounded by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, they must survive while uncovering the island's secrets through scattered explorer notes left by previous inhabitants. As survivors progress through increasingly difficult boss encounters, they begin to piece together the truth about the Ark and the technology sustaining it. The deeper story, revealed through expansion packs, follows survivors as they travel from the island to an underground alien world, a corrupted future Earth, and eventually aboard a massive colony ship traveling through deep space in search of a new home for humanity.

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7Room for youClosed off
43Live streamers19 in English
173People watching
#4Your spot at 10 viewersof 44

Should I stream ARK: Survival Evolved on Twitch?

7/100 · Closed off· 4 viewers per streamer on paper

Not really. Almost all of the 75 people watching ARK: Survival Evolved in English are already committed to the streams they are on, leaving about 19 across 17 other English streams. You would start around #4 of 44.

About 19 of the 75 English viewers here are not watching the two biggest English streams — roughly 1 each if you split it with the 17 other English streams below them. With ten viewers you would sit at #4.

Only 75 of the 173 viewers here (43%) are watching in English. 19 of the 43 live streams are in English.

Almost nobody here is available to you — either a couple of streams hold the room, or nobody is watching in English, or the category is empty, or you would be buried.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the English-speaking audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

Where to buy

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How many people stream ARK: Survival Evolved?

Right now

43 right now, to 173 viewers between them. 19 of them are streaming in English. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is ARK: Survival Evolved too saturated on Twitch?

No. 43 people are streaming ARK: Survival Evolved to 173 viewers, 19 of them in English to 75 — about 4 each — and you would open at about #4 of 44.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 43 live right now

Is ARK: Survival Evolved any good?

Steam calls it Mostly Positive across 333,021 reviews, and players score it 68 out of 100 from 272 ratings, critics 69 out of 100.

80%Steam players333K reviews
69Critics8 outlets
68Players272 ratings
70Metacritic

Steam calls it Mostly Positive across 333K reviews.

  • “I have a few hours in ARK: Survival Evolved. And somehow, despite the bugs, glitches, crashes, lost dinos, questionable physics, and all the other ridiculous things this game has put me through, I don't regret a single one of them. Honestly, some of the broken…”

    Recommended · 4,417h played · 42 found this helpful · from Steam

  • “Noone should support the games publishers. Snail games is a scummy company with a scummy ceo”

    Not recommended · 101h played · 34 found this helpful · from Steam

  • “I like this game, however it's a shame they moved towards rotten decrypted dinos and "corrupt lands" not my cuppa tea . no more online servers made me stop playing as much as before , solo games su**s. +4000hours played”

    Not recommended · 4,112h played · 20 found this helpful · from Steam

Streamer reviews

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Details

Released
Aug 27, 2017 · 9 years ago
Time to finish
—
Playing on Steam
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Price
$14.99
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective
First person, Third person, Virtual Reality
Rated
ESRB T
Biggest stream
36 (21% of the category)
Typical stream
1 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Oct 11, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC