Head to head

ArcheAge: Unchained vs Elite: Dangerous

ArcheAge: Unchained

Live

3 – 9 daily

Elite: Dangerous

Live

13k – 46k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2019 · 7 years ago

December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

3 – 9

13k – 46k

Estimated players

3760.1%

92.3k0.4%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

ArcheAge: UnchainedElite: Dangerous

ArcheAge: Unchained

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~376
September 2026	~376
August 2026	~376
July 2026	~376	—

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~91.7k	Up 1.1%
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

ArcheAge: Unchained: 0
Elite: Dangerous: 6kUp 28%

ArcheAge: Unchained currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Elite: Dangerous has 5,981.

Discord members

ArcheAge: Unchained: —
Elite: Dangerous: 70.2kDown 1.0%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,208 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for ArcheAge: Unchained.

Reddit members

ArcheAge: Unchained: —
Elite: Dangerous: 391kUp 0.4%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 391,004 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for ArcheAge: Unchained.

Twitch viewers

ArcheAge: Unchained: —
Elite: Dangerous: 328Down 49%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 328 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for ArcheAge: Unchained.

YouTube subscribers

ArcheAge: Unchained: —
Elite: Dangerous: 171k

Elite: Dangerous currently has 171,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for ArcheAge: Unchained.

How these estimates are made

ArcheAge: Unchained

ArcheAge: Unchained is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 87k – 220k 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 13k – 46k 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.