Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Star Citizen
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- Linux
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~91.7k | Up 1.0% |
| September 2026 | ~90.7k | Up 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
Star Citizen
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~164.8k | Up 0.9% |
| September 2026 | ~163.4k | Down 0.2% |
| August 2026 | ~163.7k | Down 0.6% |
| July 2026 | ~164.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 5.2kUp 11%
- Star Citizen
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 5,157 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Star Citizen.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.2kDown 1.1%
- Star Citizen
- 161.1kDown 0.7%
Star Citizen currently has about 2.3× as many Discord members as Elite: Dangerous — 161,126 vs 70,170.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 390.9kUp 0.4%
- Star Citizen
- 534.9kUp 0.6%
Star Citizen currently has about 1.4× as many subreddit members as Elite: Dangerous — 534,873 vs 390,924.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 259Down 41%
- Star Citizen
- 3kDown 32%
Star Citizen currently has about 12× as many live Twitch viewers as Elite: Dangerous — 2,980 vs 259.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Star Citizen
- 577kUp 0.3%
Star Citizen currently has about 3.4× as many YouTube subscribers as Elite: Dangerous — 577,000 vs 171,000.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 15k – 53k 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.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen is estimated to have 380 – 180k players a day. Around 83k – 8m 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.