Head to head
Dark and Light vs Elite: Dangerous
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Dark and Light
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~1.7k | Up 0.1% |
| September 2026 | ~1.7k | |
| August 2026 | ~1.7k | Up 14% |
| July 2026 | ~1.5k | — |
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~91.2k | Up 0.6% |
| 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.
Steam concurrent players
- Dark and Light
- 38Up 31%
- Elite: Dangerous
- 6.5kUp 49%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 170× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Dark and Light — 6,473 vs 38.
Twitch viewers
- Dark and Light
- 0Down 100%
- Elite: Dangerous
- 419Up 2.4%
Dark and Light currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Elite: Dangerous has 419.
YouTube subscribers
- Dark and Light
- 4.7k
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 36× as many YouTube subscribers as Dark and Light — 171,000 vs 4,730.
Discord members
- Dark and Light
- —
- Elite: Dangerous
- 71.2kUp 0.4%
Elite: Dangerous currently has 71,151 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark and Light.
Reddit members
- Dark and Light
- —
- Elite: Dangerous
- 390.4kUp 0.4%
Elite: Dangerous currently has 390,439 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark and Light.
How these estimates are made
Dark and Light
Dark and Light is estimated to have 100 – 360 players a day. Around 230k – 590k 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 18k – 62k 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.
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