Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Raid: Shadow Legends
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 |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~90.7k | Up 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Raid: Shadow Legends
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~146.2k | Up 0.7% |
| August 2026 | ~145.2k | Up 13% |
| July 2026 | ~128.3k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 3.6kDown 27%
- Raid: Shadow Legends
- 981Down 30%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 3.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Raid: Shadow Legends — 3,649 vs 981.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.9kUp 0.6%
- Raid: Shadow Legends
- 253.2kUp 0.6%
Raid: Shadow Legends currently has about 3.6× as many Discord members as Elite: Dangerous — 253,248 vs 70,896.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 389.1kUp 0.4%
- Raid: Shadow Legends
- 416.7kUp 0.4%
Elite: Dangerous and Raid: Shadow Legends are nearly even on subreddit members — 389,145 vs 416,658.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 160Down 83%
- Raid: Shadow Legends
- 348Down 17%
Raid: Shadow Legends currently has about 2.2× as many live Twitch viewers as Elite: Dangerous — 348 vs 160.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Raid: Shadow Legends
- 189k
Elite: Dangerous and Raid: Shadow Legends are nearly even on YouTube subscribers — 171,000 vs 189,000.
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.
Raid: Shadow Legends
Raid: Shadow Legends is estimated to have 3k – 12k players a day. Around 67k – 170k 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.