Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Metagates
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~91.4k | Up 1.2% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Metagates
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | — | — |
| August 2026 | — | — |
| July 2026 | — | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 3.9kDown 23%
- Metagates
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 3,873 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Metagates.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.7kUp 0.9%
- Metagates
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,701 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Metagates.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 388.3kUp 0.4%
- Metagates
- 2
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 194159× as many subreddit members as Metagates — 388,317 vs 2.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 295Down 26%
- Metagates
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 295 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Metagates.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Metagates
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 171,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Metagates.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 14k – 48k 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.
Metagates
Metagates is estimated to have 0 – 29 players a day. Around 170 – 22k 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.