Head to head
Ardem vs Elite: Dangerous
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Linux
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Ardem
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~12k | Up 4.2% |
| September 2026 | ~11.5k | Up 25% |
| August 2026 | ~9.2k | Up 8.8% |
| July 2026 | ~8.4k | — |
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~91.2k | Up 0.5% |
| 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.
Discord members
- Ardem
- 33.9kUp 4.1%
- Elite: Dangerous
- 71.1kUp 0.3%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 2.1× as many Discord members as Ardem — 71,071 vs 33,932.
YouTube subscribers
- Ardem
- 14.2kUp 3.6%
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 12× as many YouTube subscribers as Ardem — 171,000 vs 14,200.
Steam concurrent players
- Ardem
- —
- Elite: Dangerous
- 3.9kDown 28%
Elite: Dangerous currently has 3,913 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Ardem.
Reddit members
- Ardem
- —
- Elite: Dangerous
- 390.3kUp 0.4%
Elite: Dangerous currently has 390,274 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Ardem.
Twitch viewers
- Ardem
- —
- Elite: Dangerous
- 209Down 22%
Elite: Dangerous currently has 209 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Ardem.
How these estimates are made
Ardem
Ardem is estimated to have 35 – 16k players a day. Around 15k – 1m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 16k – 55k 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.