Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs Guild Wars

Elite: Dangerous

Live

14k – 50k daily

Guild Wars

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

April 2005 · 21 years ago

Daily players

14k – 50k

No population data

Estimated players

89.8k2.2%

28.6k

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousGuild Wars

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~90.9k	Up 0.7%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Guild Wars

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~28.5k	Up 1.6%
August 2026	~28k	Up 5.0%
July 2026	~26.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 4.4kDown 18%
Guild Wars: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 4,355 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.9kUp 0.8%
Guild Wars: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,863 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 388.9kUp 0.4%
Guild Wars: 66.6kUp 1.9%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 5.8× as many subreddit members as Guild Wars — 388,904 vs 66,636.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 409Up 37%
Guild Wars: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 409 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
Guild Wars: 219kUp 1.9%

Guild Wars currently has about 1.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Elite: Dangerous — 219,000 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.

Guild Wars

Guild Wars is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 450 – 1k 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.