Head to head
Animal Company vs Elite: Dangerous
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Animal Company
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~120.2k | Down 1.4% |
| September 2026 | ~121.9k | Down 1.7% |
| August 2026 | ~124k | Down 0.3% |
| July 2026 | ~124.4k | — |
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~90.1k | Down 0.6% |
| 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
- Animal Company
- 9Down 90%
- Elite: Dangerous
- 4.4kDown 38%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 494× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Animal Company — 4,442 vs 9.
Discord members
- Animal Company
- 449.7k
- Elite: Dangerous
- 71kUp 0.4%
Animal Company currently has about 6.3× as many Discord members as Elite: Dangerous — 449,741 vs 70,972.
Reddit members
- Animal Company
- 2.6kUp 1.3%
- Elite: Dangerous
- 389.7kUp 0.4%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 151× as many subreddit members as Animal Company — 389,695 vs 2,589.
Twitch viewers
- Animal Company
- 4
- Elite: Dangerous
- 572Down 2.2%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 143× as many live Twitch viewers as Animal Company — 572 vs 4.
YouTube subscribers
- Animal Company
- 223kUp 0.5%
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
Animal Company currently has about 1.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Elite: Dangerous — 223,000 vs 171,000.
How these estimates are made
Animal Company
Animal Company is estimated to have 38 – 130 players a day. Around 23k – 60k 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 10k – 37k 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.