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City of Heroes
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Elite: Dangerous

Direct comparison between City of Heroes and Elite: Dangerous. View their social activity, release status, platform availability, and other key details.

Game Status

Status

Active

City of Heroes status is active.

Status

Active

Elite: Dangerous status is active.

Estimated Daily Players

Estimated Daily Players

~2 thousand

We estimate that City of Heroes has currently around 2k players daily.

City of Heroes is a classic superhero MMORPG originally released in 2004 by NCsoft and developed by Cryptic Studios. While officially shut down in 2012, unauthorized private servers have remained active, maintaining a small but loyal player base. Current estimated active daily players across all private servers is around 2,000, reflecting its niche but dedicated following nearly two decades after release.

Estimated Daily Players

~15 thousand

We estimate that Elite: Dangerous has currently around 15k players daily.

Elite: Dangerous released in 2014 and is maintained by Frontier Developments. It's a persistent online space sim with a dedicated but niche audience, typical of older, complex simulators. Player numbers have declined from launch highs, but a strong core community remains; estimated daily players are around 15,000 based on current trends for similar titles, community activity, and public platform data.

Social Score

Social activity comparison between City of Heroes and Elite: Dangerous. Data includes social media activity, community discussions, and online mentions tracked over time.

Social score for City of Heroes

MonthSocial ScoreChange
April 2026~0
March 2026~0
February 2026~0
January 2026~0
December 2025~0

Social score for Elite: Dangerous

MonthSocial ScoreChange
April 2026~0
March 2026~0
February 2026~0
January 2026~0
December 2025~0

Game Age

Age

22 years ago

City of Heroes was released in April 2004 (22 years ago).

Age

11 years ago

Elite: Dangerous was released in December 2014 (11 years ago).

Platforms

City of Heroes is available on 2 platforms.

Elite: Dangerous is available on 4 platforms.

Player Perspectives

City of Heroes offers 1 player perspective.

Elite: Dangerous offers 3 player perspectives.

Developers

City of Heroes has 2 developers.

Elite: Dangerous has 1 developer.

Publishers

City of Heroes has 2 publishers.

Elite: Dangerous has 1 publisher.

Categories

City of Heroes has 3 categories.

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