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Elite: Dangerous vs Operation: New Earth

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Status

ACTIVE
ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago
December 2016 · 10 years ago

Daily players

13k – 47k
690 – 2k

Estimated players

92.8kDown 0.5%
475Down 1.0%

Available on

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • PlayStation
  • Xbox
  • Windows

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousOperation: New Earth

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
November 2026~93.1kUp 1.5%
October 2026~91.7kUp 1.1%
September 2026~90.7kUp 0.5%
August 2026~90.2k
July 2026~90.3k—

Operation: New Earth

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
November 2026~465Down 3.1%
October 2026~480Up 1.5%
September 2026~473Down 0.2%
August 2026~474Up 8.5%
July 2026~437—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous
5.3kDown 2.0%
Operation: New Earth
207Down 31%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 26× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Operation: New Earth — 5,314 vs 207.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous
70.2kDown 1.0%
Operation: New Earth
—

Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,235 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Operation: New Earth.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous
391.2kUp 0.4%
Operation: New Earth
—

Elite: Dangerous currently has 391,177 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Operation: New Earth.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous
399Up 14%
Operation: New Earth
0

Elite: Dangerous currently has 399 live Twitch viewers, while Operation: New Earth has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous
171k
Operation: New Earth
2.5kUp 0.4%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 68× as many YouTube subscribers as Operation: New Earth — 171,000 vs 2,520.

How these estimates are made

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 13k – 47k 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.

Operation: New Earth

Operation: New Earth is estimated to have 690 – 2k players a day. Around 24k – 63k 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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