Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Mu: Dark Epoch
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~90.5k | Down 0.2% |
| September 2026 | ~90.7k | Up 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Mu: Dark Epoch
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~765 | Down 2.4% |
| September 2026 | ~784 | Up 1.4% |
| August 2026 | ~773 | Up 13% |
| July 2026 | ~684 | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 4.3kDown 40%
- Mu: Dark Epoch
- 800Down 13%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 5.4× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Mu: Dark Epoch — 4,328 vs 800.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 71kUp 0.5%
- Mu: Dark Epoch
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,976 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Mu: Dark Epoch.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 389.6kUp 0.4%
- Mu: Dark Epoch
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 389,610 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Mu: Dark Epoch.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 360Up 1.7%
- Mu: Dark Epoch
- 431Up 1952%
Mu: Dark Epoch currently has about 1.2× as many live Twitch viewers as Elite: Dangerous — 431 vs 360.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Mu: Dark Epoch
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 171,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Mu: Dark Epoch.
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.
Mu: Dark Epoch
Mu: Dark Epoch is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 21k – 55k 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.