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Old School RuneScape
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Elite: Dangerous

Direct comparison between Old School RuneScape and Elite: Dangerous. View their social activity, release status, platform availability, and other key details.

Game Status

Status

Active

Old School RuneScape status is active.

Status

Active

Elite: Dangerous status is active.

Estimated Daily Players

Estimated Daily Players

~90 thousand

We estimate that Old School RuneScape has currently around 90k players daily.

Old School RuneScape is a well-known fantasy MMORPG from Jagex, released in 2013. It maintains a strong persistent player base due to nostalgia, consistent updates, and mobile availability. Although past its peak, it still regularly draws tens of thousands of daily active players across all platforms. Estimates in recent years place its daily active player count between 70,000–120,000, so 90,000 is a conservative current estimate.

Estimated Daily Players

~15 thousand

We estimate that Elite: Dangerous has currently around 15k players daily.

Elite: Dangerous released in 2014 and is maintained by Frontier Developments. It's a persistent online space sim with a dedicated but niche audience, typical of older, complex simulators. Player numbers have declined from launch highs, but a strong core community remains; estimated daily players are around 15,000 based on current trends for similar titles, community activity, and public platform data.

Social Score

Social activity comparison between Old School RuneScape and Elite: Dangerous. Data includes social media activity, community discussions, and online mentions tracked over time.

Social score for Old School RuneScape

MonthSocial ScoreChange
September 2025~4.4k8.8%
August 2025~4.8k6.4%
July 2025~5.2k44.2%
November 2024~3.6k19.9%
September 2024~4.5k

Social score for Elite: Dangerous

MonthSocial ScoreChange
September 2025~1142.6%
August 2025~11710.4%
July 2025~10657.9%
November 2024~252154.5%
September 2024~99

Game Age

Age

13 years ago

Old School RuneScape was released in February 2013 (13 years ago).

Age

11 years ago

Elite: Dangerous was released in December 2014 (11 years ago).

Platforms

Old School RuneScape is available on 4 platforms.

Elite: Dangerous is available on 4 platforms.

Player Perspectives

Old School RuneScape offers 2 player perspectives.

Elite: Dangerous offers 3 player perspectives.

Developers

Old School RuneScape has 1 developer.

Elite: Dangerous has 1 developer.

Publishers

Old School RuneScape has 1 publisher.

Elite: Dangerous has 1 publisher.

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