Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Project Root
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~90.9k | Up 0.7% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Project Root
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~12 | |
| August 2026 | ~12 | Up 20% |
| July 2026 | ~10 | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 3.1kDown 42%
- Project Root
- 0Down 100%
Elite: Dangerous currently has 3,080 peak concurrent Steam players, while Project Root has 0.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.9kUp 0.8%
- Project Root
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,863 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Project Root.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 388.9kUp 0.4%
- Project Root
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 388,897 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Project Root.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 409Up 37%
- Project Root
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 409 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Project Root.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Project Root
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 171,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Project Root.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 14k – 50k 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.
Project Root
Project Root is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 5k – 11k 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.