Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Shakes and Fidget
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- macOS
- Browser
- Android
- iOS
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~91.1k | Up 1.0% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Shakes and Fidget
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~15.2k | Down 1.3% |
| August 2026 | ~15.4k | Up 1.4% |
| July 2026 | ~15.2k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 5.8kUp 22%
- Shakes and Fidget
- 1.7kUp 27%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 3.3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Shakes and Fidget — 5,786 vs 1,747.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.6kUp 0.8%
- Shakes and Fidget
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,604 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Shakes and Fidget.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 387.9kUp 0.4%
- Shakes and Fidget
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 387,947 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Shakes and Fidget.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 357Down 37%
- Shakes and Fidget
- 50Down 98%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 7.1× as many live Twitch viewers as Shakes and Fidget — 357 vs 50.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Shakes and Fidget
- 102k
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 1.7× as many YouTube subscribers as Shakes and Fidget — 171,000 vs 102,000.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 14k – 51k 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.
Shakes and Fidget
Shakes and Fidget is estimated to have 4k – 15k players a day. Around 600k – 2m 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.