Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs Fate War

Elite: Dangerous

Live

14k – 50k daily

Fate War

Live

870 – 3k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

August 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

14k – 50k

870 – 3k

Estimated players

89.1k1.9%

7.8k1.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousFate War

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~90.3k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Fate War

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~7.8k	Up 0.8%
July 2026	~7.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 4.1kDown 9.7%
Fate War: 305Down 34%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 13× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Fate War — 4,111 vs 305.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.2kUp 0.4%
Fate War: 35.2kUp 0.2%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 2× as many Discord members as Fate War — 70,157 vs 35,197.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 386.9kUp 0.3%
Fate War: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 386,902 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Fate War.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 257Up 86%
Fate War: 0

Elite: Dangerous currently has 257 live Twitch viewers, while Fate War has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
Fate War: 1.1kUp 1.9%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 157× as many YouTube subscribers as Fate War — 171,000 vs 1,090.

How these estimates are made

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 14k – 50k 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.

Fate War

Fate War is estimated to have 870 – 3k players a day. Around 15k – 38k 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.