Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Rail Nation
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Browser
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~90.3k | Down 0.5% |
| September 2026 | ~90.7k | Up 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Rail Nation
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~580 | Down 0.2% |
| September 2026 | ~581 | Up 0.2% |
| August 2026 | ~580 | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 4.2kDown 46%
- Rail Nation
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 4,193 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Rail Nation.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 71kUp 0.5%
- Rail Nation
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,976 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Rail Nation.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 389.7kUp 0.4%
- Rail Nation
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 389,657 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Rail Nation.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 590Up 38%
- Rail Nation
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 590 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Rail Nation.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Rail Nation
- 5.7k
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 30× as many YouTube subscribers as Rail Nation — 171,000 vs 5,660.
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.
Rail Nation
Rail Nation is estimated to have 11 – 5k players a day. Around 5k – 530k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.
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