Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs Old School RuneScape

Elite: Dangerous

Live

11k – 38k daily

Old School RuneScape

Live

4k – 14k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

February 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

11k – 38k

4k – 14k

Estimated players

89.2k

256.7k3.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousOld School RuneScape

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~90.8k	Up 0.6%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~260.2k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~259k	Up 17%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 4.2kDown 26%
Old School RuneScape: 1.4kDown 24%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 2.9× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Old School RuneScape — 4,186 vs 1,426.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.9kUp 0.8%
Old School RuneScape: 278.1kUp 1.5%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 3.9× as many Discord members as Elite: Dangerous — 278,141 vs 70,879.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 389kUp 0.4%
Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 1.5%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 3.6× as many subreddit members as Elite: Dangerous — 1,412,977 vs 388,953.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 297Down 4.2%
Old School RuneScape: 7.4kDown 1.0%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 25× as many live Twitch viewers as Elite: Dangerous — 7,395 vs 297.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
Old School RuneScape: 265kUp 0.4%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 1.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Elite: Dangerous — 265,000 vs 171,000.

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.

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 4k – 14k players a day. Around 370k – 950k 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.