Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs Scum

Elite: Dangerous

Live

14k – 50k daily

Scum

Live

34k – 120k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

14k – 50k

34k – 120k

Estimated players

89.1k1.9%

42.5k2.6%

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousScum

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~90.3k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~43.2k	Up 1.7%
July 2026	~42.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 4.1kDown 9.7%
Scum: 10.5kUp 68%

Scum currently has about 2.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Elite: Dangerous — 10,463 vs 4,111.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.2kUp 0.4%
Scum: 67.9kUp 0.4%

Elite: Dangerous and Scum are nearly even on Discord members — 70,157 vs 67,919.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 386.9kUp 0.3%
Scum: 52.7kUp 0.3%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 7.3× as many subreddit members as Scum — 386,910 vs 52,743.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 257Up 86%
Scum: 402Up 48%

Scum currently has about 1.6× as many live Twitch viewers as Elite: Dangerous — 402 vs 257.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
Scum: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 171,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Scum.

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.

Scum

Scum is estimated to have 34k – 120k 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.