Head to head

Active Matter vs Elite: Dangerous

Active Matter

TBA

Elite: Dangerous

Live

15k – 53k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

TBA

ACTIVE

Released

To be announced

December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

No population data

15k – 53k

Estimated players

23.7k2.5%

92.2k0.5%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Active MatterElite: Dangerous

Active Matter

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~23.6k	Up 25%
September 2026	~19k	Up 14%
August 2026	~16.7k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~16.6k	—

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~91.7k	Up 1.0%
September 2026	~90.7k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Active Matter: 5.2kDown 26%
Elite: Dangerous: 5.2kUp 12%

Active Matter and Elite: Dangerous are nearly even on peak concurrent Steam players — 5,160 vs 5,209.

Discord members

Active Matter: 22.2kUp 23%
Elite: Dangerous: 70.2kDown 1.1%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 3.2× as many Discord members as Active Matter — 70,170 vs 22,160.

YouTube subscribers

Active Matter: 126kUp 0.8%
Elite: Dangerous: 171k

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 1.4× as many YouTube subscribers as Active Matter — 171,000 vs 126,000.

Reddit members

Active Matter: —
Elite: Dangerous: 390.9kUp 0.4%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 390,943 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Active Matter.

Twitch viewers

Active Matter: —
Elite: Dangerous: 262Down 41%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 262 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Active Matter.

How these estimates are made

Active Matter

Active Matter is estimated to have 14k – 50k players a day. Around 120k – 300k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 15k – 53k players a day. Around 2m – 4m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.