Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Gray Zone Warfare
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~91.3k | Up 1.2% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Gray Zone Warfare
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~220.2k | Up 0.7% |
| August 2026 | ~218.7k | Down 0.2% |
| July 2026 | ~219.1k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 4.7kDown 1.2%
- Gray Zone Warfare
- 2.4kDown 9.7%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 1.9× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Gray Zone Warfare — 4,693 vs 2,407.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.6kUp 0.8%
- Gray Zone Warfare
- 152.6kDown 0.3%
Gray Zone Warfare currently has about 2.2× as many Discord members as Elite: Dangerous — 152,633 vs 70,614.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 388kUp 0.4%
- Gray Zone Warfare
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 388,019 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Gray Zone Warfare.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 287Down 35%
- Gray Zone Warfare
- 127Down 44%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 2.3× as many live Twitch viewers as Gray Zone Warfare — 287 vs 127.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Gray Zone Warfare
- 1.6m
Gray Zone Warfare currently has about 9.4× as many YouTube subscribers as Elite: Dangerous — 1,610,000 vs 171,000.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 16k – 56k 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.
Gray Zone Warfare
Gray Zone Warfare is estimated to have 6k – 21k 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.