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Elite: Dangerous
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Eve Online

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

Game Status

Status

Active

Elite: Dangerous status is active.

Status

Active

Eve Online status is active.

Estimated Daily Players

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.

Estimated Daily Players

~25 thousand

We estimate that Eve Online has currently around 25k players daily.

Eve Online is a long-running, persistent-world MMORPG released in 2003. Despite its age, it retains a dedicated community due to its unique sandbox gameplay, player-driven economy, and continual updates by CCP Games. The daily active player count has declined from its peak but is still estimated to be around 20,000–30,000, with occasional peaks during major in-game events or wars.

Social Score

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

Social score for Elite: Dangerous

MonthSocial ScoreChange
August 2025~1169.4%
July 2025~10657.9%
November 2024~252154.5%
September 2024~9954.2%
May 2024~216

Social score for Eve Online

MonthSocial ScoreChange
August 2025~3.5k44.0%
July 2025~6.2k36.1%
February 2025~9.8k2.6%
January 2025~10k5.9%
December 2024~9.5k

Game Age

Age

11 years ago

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

Age

22 years ago

Eve Online was released in May 2003 (22 years ago).

Platforms

Elite: Dangerous is available on 4 platforms.

Eve Online is available on 3 platforms.

Player Perspectives

Elite: Dangerous offers 3 player perspectives.

Eve Online offers 3 player perspectives.

Developers

Elite: Dangerous has 1 developer.

Eve Online has 2 developers.

Publishers

Elite: Dangerous has 1 publisher.

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