Head to head
Chemists: Area of infection 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.
Chemists: Area of infection
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~41 | Down 2.4% |
| August 2026 | ~42 | Up 2.4% |
| July 2026 | ~41 | — |
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~90.6k | Up 0.4% |
| 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
- Chemists: Area of infection
- 0Down 100%
- Elite: Dangerous
- 3.3kDown 38%
Chemists: Area of infection currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Elite: Dangerous has 3,342.
Discord members
- Chemists: Area of infection
- 128Down 6.6%
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.9kUp 0.6%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 554× as many Discord members as Chemists: Area of infection — 70,939 vs 128.
Reddit members
- Chemists: Area of infection
- 4
- Elite: Dangerous
- 389.3kUp 0.4%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 97335× as many subreddit members as Chemists: Area of infection — 389,341 vs 4.
Twitch viewers
- Chemists: Area of infection
- —
- Elite: Dangerous
- 257Down 33%
Elite: Dangerous currently has 257 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Chemists: Area of infection.
YouTube subscribers
- Chemists: Area of infection
- —
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
Elite: Dangerous currently has 171,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Chemists: Area of infection.
How these estimates are made
Chemists: Area of infection
Chemists: Area of infection is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 3k – 9k 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 12k – 43k 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.