Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs Warface

Elite: Dangerous

Live

20k – 71k daily

Warface

Live

2k – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

October 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

20k – 71k

2k – 8k

Estimated players

93.5k2.6%

184.6k0.5%

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousWarface

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~91.5k	Up 0.9%
September 2026	~90.7k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Warface

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~183.5k	Up 0.5%
September 2026	~182.6k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~182k
July 2026	~181.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 8kUp 87%
Warface: 933Up 64%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 8.6× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Warface — 8,013 vs 933.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 71.2kUp 0.5%
Warface: 337.1k

Warface currently has about 4.7× as many Discord members as Elite: Dangerous — 337,058 vs 71,218.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 390.6kUp 0.4%
Warface: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 390,598 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Warface.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 453Up 9.4%
Warface: 377Up 148%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 1.2× as many live Twitch viewers as Warface — 453 vs 377.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
Warface: 1.1m

Warface currently has about 6.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Elite: Dangerous — 1,120,000 vs 171,000.

How these estimates are made

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 20k – 71k 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.

Warface

Warface is estimated to have 2k – 8k players a day. Around 87k – 220k 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.