Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs King of the Sandcastle
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- macOS
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 | — |
King of the Sandcastle
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~3.3k | Up 4.4% |
| August 2026 | ~3.2k | Down 0.7% |
| July 2026 | ~3.2k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 4.7kDown 3.6%
- King of the Sandcastle
- 0
Elite: Dangerous currently has 4,734 peak concurrent Steam players, while King of the Sandcastle has 0.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.8kUp 1.0%
- King of the Sandcastle
- 11.6kUp 2.4%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 6.1× as many Discord members as King of the Sandcastle — 70,812 vs 11,588.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 388.5kUp 0.4%
- King of the Sandcastle
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 388,535 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for King of the Sandcastle.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 258Down 58%
- King of the Sandcastle
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 258 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for King of the Sandcastle.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- King of the Sandcastle
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 171,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for King of the Sandcastle.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 16k – 55k 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.
King of the Sandcastle
King of the Sandcastle is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 1k – 3k 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.
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