Head to head

Block N Load vs Elite: Dangerous

Block N Load

Live

5 – 18 daily

Elite: Dangerous

Live

16k – 56k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2015 · 11 years ago

December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

5 – 18

16k – 56k

Estimated players

2.1k0.2%

92k1.0%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Block N LoadElite: Dangerous

Block N Load

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~2.1k	Down 0.1%
August 2026	~2.1k
July 2026	~2.1k	—

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~91.3k	Up 1.2%
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

Block N Load: 1
Elite: Dangerous: 4.7kDown 1.2%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 4693× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Block N Load — 4,693 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Block N Load: 6.2k
Elite: Dangerous: 171k

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 28× as many YouTube subscribers as Block N Load — 171,000 vs 6,180.

Discord members

Block N Load: —
Elite: Dangerous: 70.6kUp 0.8%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,614 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Block N Load.

Reddit members

Block N Load: —
Elite: Dangerous: 388kUp 0.4%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 388,019 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Block N Load.

Twitch viewers

Block N Load: —
Elite: Dangerous: 287Down 35%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 287 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Block N Load.

How these estimates are made

Block N Load

Block N Load is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 280k – 730k 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 16k – 56k 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.