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Plains of Pain
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Elite: Dangerous

Direct comparison between Plains of Pain and Elite: Dangerous. View their social activity, release status, platform availability, and other key details.

Game Status

Status

Active

Plains of Pain status is active.

Status

Active

Elite: Dangerous status is active.

Estimated Daily Players

Estimated Daily Players

~800

We estimate that Plains of Pain has currently around 800 players daily.

Based on SteamDB data, Plains of Pain has an all-time peak of 121 concurrent players as of September 1, 2025.

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 Plains of Pain and Elite: Dangerous. Data includes social media activity, community discussions, and online mentions tracked over time.

Social score for Plains of Pain

MonthSocial ScoreChange
November 2025~18614.3%
October 2025~2176.4%
September 2025~20417.9%
August 2025~1737.0%
July 2025~186

Social score for Elite: Dangerous

MonthSocial ScoreChange
November 2025~0
October 2025~0100.0%
September 2025~5949.6%
August 2025~11710.4%
July 2025~106

Game Age

Age

3 years ago

Plains of Pain was released in February 2023 (3 years ago).

Age

11 years ago

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

Platforms

Plains of Pain is available on 1 platform.

Elite: Dangerous is available on 4 platforms.

Player Perspectives

Plains of Pain offers 1 player perspective.

Elite: Dangerous offers 3 player perspectives.

Developers

Plains of Pain has 1 developer.

Elite: Dangerous has 1 developer.

Publishers

Plains of Pain has 1 publisher.

Elite: Dangerous has 1 publisher.

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