Head to head

Cloud Pirates vs Elite: Dangerous

Cloud Pirates

Live

Elite: Dangerous

Live

12k – 43k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2017 · 9 years ago

December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

No population data

12k – 43k

Estimated players

89.5k2.8%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Cloud PiratesElite: Dangerous

Cloud Pirates

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~92	Down 1.1%
September 2026	~93	Up 1.1%
August 2026	~92
July 2026	~92	—

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~91.1k	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.

Twitch viewers

Cloud Pirates: 0
Elite: Dangerous: 375Up 3.9%

Cloud Pirates currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Elite: Dangerous has 375.

Steam concurrent players

Cloud Pirates: —
Elite: Dangerous: 4.9kDown 2.5%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 4,853 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Cloud Pirates.

Discord members

Cloud Pirates: —
Elite: Dangerous: 71.1kUp 0.3%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 71,069 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Cloud Pirates.

Reddit members

Cloud Pirates: —
Elite: Dangerous: 390.2kUp 0.4%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 390,162 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Cloud Pirates.

YouTube subscribers

Cloud Pirates: —
Elite: Dangerous: 171k

Elite: Dangerous currently has 171,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Cloud Pirates.

How these estimates are made

Cloud Pirates

Cloud Pirates is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 26k – 67k 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.