Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO
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 |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~91.7k | Up 1.1% |
| September 2026 | ~90.7k | Up 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~26 | |
| September 2026 | ~26 | |
| August 2026 | ~26 | |
| July 2026 | ~26 | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 5.2kUp 12%
- Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO
- 9Up 13%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 579× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO — 5,209 vs 9.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.2kDown 1.1%
- Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,182 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 391kUp 0.4%
- Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 390,954 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 421Down 4.8%
- Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 421 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 171,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 15k – 53k 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.
Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO
Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO is estimated to have 15 – 53 players a day. Around 7k – 19k 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.