Head to head

ArcheAge vs Elite: Dangerous

ArcheAge

Live

3 – 9 daily

Elite: Dangerous

Live

18k – 63k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2013 · 14 years ago

December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

3 – 9

18k – 63k

Estimated players

5.7k

92.7k3.2%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

ArcheAgeElite: Dangerous

ArcheAge

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~5.7k	Down 0.8%
September 2026	~5.7k	Up 1.2%
August 2026	~5.6k	Up 2.7%
July 2026	~5.5k	—

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~90.8k
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: 0Down 100%
Elite: Dangerous: 5.3kDown 5.7%

ArcheAge currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Elite: Dangerous has 5,303.

Reddit members

ArcheAge: 42kUp 0.3%
Elite: Dangerous: 389.9kUp 0.4%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 9.3× as many subreddit members as ArcheAge — 389,882 vs 41,957.

Twitch viewers

ArcheAge: 103Down 62%
Elite: Dangerous: 304Down 44%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 3× as many live Twitch viewers as ArcheAge — 304 vs 103.

YouTube subscribers

ArcheAge: 6.9k
Elite: Dangerous: 171k

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 25× as many YouTube subscribers as ArcheAge — 171,000 vs 6,940.

Discord members

ArcheAge: —
Elite: Dangerous: 71kUp 0.4%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 71,000 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for ArcheAge.

How these estimates are made

ArcheAge

ArcheAge is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 150k – 390k 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 18k – 63k 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.