Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs Runes of Magic

Elite: Dangerous

Live

17k – 61k daily

Runes of Magic

Live

430 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

March 2009 · 18 years ago

Daily players

17k – 61k

430 – 2k

Estimated players

93.8k0.3%

1.8k1.2%

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousRunes of Magic

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~92.5k	Up 0.9%
October 2026	~91.7k	Up 1.1%
September 2026	~90.7k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~1.8k	Down 0.1%
October 2026	~1.8k	Up 4.7%
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.7%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 4.5kDown 4.1%
Runes of Magic: 65Down 58%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 69× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runes of Magic — 4,475 vs 65.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.2kDown 1.0%
Runes of Magic: 3.8kDown 0.6%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 18× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 70,208 vs 3,831.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 391kUp 0.4%
Runes of Magic: 659Up 2.2%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 593× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 391,017 vs 659.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 230Down 62%
Runes of Magic: 0Down 100%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 230 live Twitch viewers, while Runes of Magic has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
Runes of Magic: 4.9kUp 0.2%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 35× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 171,000 vs 4,860.

How these estimates are made

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 17k – 61k 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.

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 430 – 2k players a day. Around 41k – 110k 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.