Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs Elyon

Elite: Dangerous

Live

11k – 38k daily

Elyon

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

October 2021 · 5 years ago

Daily players

11k – 38k

No population data

Estimated players

89.1k1.5%

931

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousElyon

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~90.2k	Down 0.6%
September 2026	~90.7k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Elyon

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~931	Down 0.1%
September 2026	~932
August 2026	~932
July 2026	~932	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 3.1kDown 60%
Elyon: 0Down 100%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 3,101 peak concurrent Steam players, while Elyon has 0.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 71kUp 0.5%
Elyon: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,976 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Elyon.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 389.6kUp 0.4%
Elyon: 5k

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 78× as many subreddit members as Elyon — 389,618 vs 4,964.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 173Down 59%
Elyon: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 173 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Elyon.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
Elyon: —

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

How these estimates are made

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 11k – 38k 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.

Elyon

Elyon is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 98k – 250k 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.