Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs PlanetSide 2

Elite: Dangerous

Live

12k – 43k daily

PlanetSide 2

Live

1k – 5k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

November 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

12k – 43k

1k – 5k

Estimated players

90.9k2.0%

26.8k

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousPlanetSide 2

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~90.7k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

PlanetSide 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~26.8k
August 2026	~26.7k	Up 12%
July 2026	~23.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 3.6kDown 27%
PlanetSide 2: 582Up 23%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 6.3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as PlanetSide 2 — 3,649 vs 582.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.9kUp 0.6%
PlanetSide 2: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,896 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for PlanetSide 2.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 389.1kUp 0.4%
PlanetSide 2: 91.7kUp 0.2%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 4.2× as many subreddit members as PlanetSide 2 — 389,145 vs 91,707.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 160Down 83%
PlanetSide 2: 24Down 33%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 6.7× as many live Twitch viewers as PlanetSide 2 — 160 vs 24.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
PlanetSide 2: 98.4kDown 0.1%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 1.7× as many YouTube subscribers as PlanetSide 2 — 171,000 vs 98,400.

How these estimates are made

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 12k – 43k 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.

PlanetSide 2

PlanetSide 2 is estimated to have 1k – 5k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.