Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs Final Fantasy XIV Online

Elite: Dangerous

Live

14k – 50k daily

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

72k – 250k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

September 2010 · 16 years ago

Daily players

14k – 50k

72k – 250k

Estimated players

89.1k1.9%

324.3k2.9%

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousFinal Fantasy XIV Online

Elite: Dangerous

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

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~330.4k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 4.1kDown 9.7%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 23.6kDown 27%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 5.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Elite: Dangerous — 23,576 vs 4,111.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.2kUp 0.4%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 277.4kUp 0.2%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 4× as many Discord members as Elite: Dangerous — 277,397 vs 70,157.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 386.9kUp 0.3%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.2%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 3.5× as many subreddit members as Elite: Dangerous — 1,359,877 vs 386,910.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 257Up 86%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 7.6kDown 54%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 29× as many live Twitch viewers as Elite: Dangerous — 7,568 vs 257.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 741kUp 0.1%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 4.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Elite: Dangerous — 741,000 vs 171,000.

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.

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 72k – 250k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.