Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs The Crew

Elite: Dangerous

Live

12k – 43k daily

The Crew

Live

10 – 35 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

12k – 43k

10 – 35

Estimated players

90.9k2.0%

1.7k

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousThe Crew

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~90.7k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

The Crew

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 20%
July 2026	~1.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 3.6kDown 27%
The Crew: 2Down 82%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 1825× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Crew — 3,649 vs 2.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.9kUp 0.6%
The Crew: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,907 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Crew.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 389.1kUp 0.4%
The Crew: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 389,145 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for The Crew.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 160Down 83%
The Crew: 3

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 53× as many live Twitch viewers as The Crew — 160 vs 3.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
The Crew: —

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

How these estimates are made

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 12k – 43k 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.

The Crew

The Crew is estimated to have 10 – 35 players a day. Around 310k – 800k 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.