Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Mekanism
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~90.9k | Up 0.7% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Mekanism
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~3.2k | Up 1.7% |
| August 2026 | ~3.1k | Down 0.5% |
| July 2026 | ~3.1k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 4.4kDown 18%
- Mekanism
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 4,355 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Mekanism.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.9kUp 0.8%
- Mekanism
- 9.7kUp 0.2%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 7.3× as many Discord members as Mekanism — 70,877 vs 9,652.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 388.9kUp 0.4%
- Mekanism
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 388,915 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Mekanism.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 227Down 27%
- Mekanism
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 227 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Mekanism.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Mekanism
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 171,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Mekanism.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 11k – 38k 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.
Mekanism
Mekanism is estimated to have 13 – 6k players a day. Around 7k – 680k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.