Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs Viking Rise

Elite: Dangerous

Live

14k – 50k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

March 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

14k – 50k

2k – 7k

Estimated players

89.1k1.9%

68.9k

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousViking Rise

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~90.3k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~68.9k	Up 15%
July 2026	~59.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 4.1kDown 9.7%
Viking Rise: 653Down 13%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 6.3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Viking Rise — 4,111 vs 653.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.2kUp 0.4%
Viking Rise: 263.3k

Viking Rise currently has about 3.8× as many Discord members as Elite: Dangerous — 263,269 vs 70,157.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 386.9kUp 0.3%
Viking Rise: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 386,910 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 257Up 86%
Viking Rise: 3Up 200%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 86× as many live Twitch viewers as Viking Rise — 257 vs 3.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
Viking Rise: 111k

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 1.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Viking Rise — 171,000 vs 111,000.

How these estimates are made

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 14k – 50k 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.

Viking Rise

Viking Rise is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 27k – 70k 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.