Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Silica
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~91.2k | Up 0.5% |
| September 2026 | ~90.7k | Up 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Silica
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~2.6k | Up 0.5% |
| September 2026 | ~2.6k | Down 1.2% |
| August 2026 | ~2.7k | |
| July 2026 | ~2.7k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 3.9kDown 28%
- Silica
- 29Down 37%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 135× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Silica — 3,913 vs 29.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 71.1kUp 0.3%
- Silica
- 6.2kDown 0.3%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 11× as many Discord members as Silica — 71,071 vs 6,230.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 390.3kUp 0.4%
- Silica
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 390,264 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Silica.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 128Down 52%
- Silica
- 0Down 100%
Elite: Dangerous currently has 128 live Twitch viewers, while Silica has 0.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Silica
- 593Up 3.7%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 288× as many YouTube subscribers as Silica — 171,000 vs 593.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 16k – 55k 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.
Silica
Silica is estimated to have 53 – 190 players a day. Around 110k – 280k 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.
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