Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs The Day Before
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- PlayStation
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~91.1k | Up 0.5% |
| September 2026 | ~90.7k | Up 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
The Day Before
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~5.7k | Down 0.2% |
| September 2026 | ~5.7k | |
| August 2026 | ~5.7k | Up 12% |
| July 2026 | ~5.1k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 5.5kDown 12%
- The Day Before
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 5,538 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for The Day Before.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 71kUp 0.3%
- The Day Before
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 71,007 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Day Before.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 390kUp 0.4%
- The Day Before
- 12.7k
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 31× as many subreddit members as The Day Before — 389,955 vs 12,652.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 442Up 38%
- The Day Before
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 442 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for The Day Before.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- The Day Before
- 20.7kDown 0.5%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 8.3× as many YouTube subscribers as The Day Before — 171,000 vs 20,700.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 14k – 49k 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 Day Before
The Day Before is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 410k – 1m 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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