Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Highrise
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- macOS
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~91.2k | Up 0.6% |
| September 2026 | ~90.7k | Up 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Highrise
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~38k | |
| September 2026 | ~37.9k | |
| August 2026 | ~37.9k | |
| July 2026 | ~38k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 3.2kDown 36%
- Highrise
- 186Up 30%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 17× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Highrise — 3,194 vs 186.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 71.1kUp 0.3%
- Highrise
- 173.6k
Highrise currently has about 2.4× as many Discord members as Elite: Dangerous — 173,636 vs 71,067.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 390.1kUp 0.4%
- Highrise
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 390,126 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Highrise.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 179Down 96%
- Highrise
- 0
Elite: Dangerous currently has 179 live Twitch viewers, while Highrise has 0.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Highrise
- 16.7kUp 0.6%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 10× as many YouTube subscribers as Highrise — 171,000 vs 16,700.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 11k – 40k 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.
Highrise
Highrise is estimated to have 540 – 2k players a day. Around 13k – 33k 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.