Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs Rules of Survival

Elite: Dangerous

Live

13k – 46k daily

Rules of Survival

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

November 2017 · 9 years ago

Daily players

13k – 46k

No population data

Estimated players

92.3k0.4%

11.5k3.7%

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousRules of Survival

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~91.7k	Up 1.1%
September 2026	~90.7k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Rules of Survival

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~21.6k	Down 42%
September 2026	~37.1k	Up 2.6%
August 2026	~36.2k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~36k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 6.9kUp 47%
Rules of Survival: 0Down 100%

Elite: Dangerous currently has 6,915 peak concurrent Steam players, while Rules of Survival has 0.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.2kDown 1.0%
Rules of Survival: 49.8kUp 26%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 1.4× as many Discord members as Rules of Survival — 70,208 vs 49,756.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 391kUp 0.4%
Rules of Survival: 7.6kUp 1.3%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 52× as many subreddit members as Rules of Survival — 391,004 vs 7,569.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 328Down 49%
Rules of Survival: 1

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 328× as many live Twitch viewers as Rules of Survival — 328 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
Rules of Survival: 2Down 100%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 85500× as many YouTube subscribers as Rules of Survival — 171,000 vs 2.

How these estimates are made

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 13k – 46k 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.

Rules of Survival

Rules of Survival is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 110k – 280k 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.