Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs WildStar

Elite: Dangerous

Live

20k – 69k daily

WildStar

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

June 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

20k – 69k

No population data

Estimated players

93.8k2.3%

11k

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousWildStar

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~92.1k	Up 2.1%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

WildStar

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~11k
August 2026	~11k	Up 5.2%
July 2026	~10.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 5.1kDown 9.5%
WildStar: 0

Elite: Dangerous currently has 5,093 peak concurrent Steam players, while WildStar has 0.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.6kUp 0.8%
WildStar: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,612 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for WildStar.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 388.1kUp 0.4%
WildStar: 27kUp 0.3%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 14× as many subreddit members as WildStar — 388,132 vs 26,984.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 349Up 2.6%
WildStar: 0

Elite: Dangerous currently has 349 live Twitch viewers, while WildStar has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
WildStar: 77.6kDown 0.1%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 2.2× as many YouTube subscribers as WildStar — 171,000 vs 77,600.

How these estimates are made

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 20k – 69k 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.

WildStar

WildStar is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 110k – 290k 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.