Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Gridiron
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 |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~91.5k | Down 0.3% |
| October 2026 | ~91.7k | Up 1.1% |
| September 2026 | ~90.7k | Up 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Gridiron
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~1.1k | Up 15% |
| October 2026 | ~914 | Down 7.0% |
| September 2026 | ~983 | Down 42% |
| August 2026 | ~1.7k | Up 17% |
| July 2026 | ~1.5k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 4.5kDown 18%
- Gridiron
- 0
Elite: Dangerous currently has 4,467 peak concurrent Steam players, while Gridiron has 0.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.2kDown 1.0%
- Gridiron
- 1.9kUp 11%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 36× as many Discord members as Gridiron — 70,234 vs 1,945.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 391.1kUp 0.4%
- Gridiron
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 391,124 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Gridiron.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 196Down 53%
- Gridiron
- 25Up 92%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 7.8× as many live Twitch viewers as Gridiron — 196 vs 25.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Gridiron
- 1.4k
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 124× as many YouTube subscribers as Gridiron — 171,000 vs 1,380.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 17k – 62k 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.
Gridiron
Gridiron is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 51k – 130k 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.