Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs Rust
Elite: Dangerous
~48k daily · 28k – 81k
Last measured Nov 13, 2026
Rust
~680k daily · 490k – 940k
Last measured Nov 13, 2026
VerdictRust has ~14× Elite: Dangerous's daily players (~680k vs ~48k, as of Nov 13, 2026).
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Est. daily players
Available on
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Windows
- Xbox
- Linux
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Windows
- Xbox
Categories
Player activity
Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.
Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 3.8kDown 40% past week
- Rust
- 86.4kDown 45% past week
Rust currently has about 23× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Elite: Dangerous — 86,400 vs 3,790.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.3k
- Rust
- 814.5kUp 0.2% past week
Rust currently has about 12× as many Discord members as Elite: Dangerous — 814,463 vs 70,266.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 391.7k
- Rust
- 713.1k
Rust currently has about 1.8× as many subreddit members as Elite: Dangerous — 713,096 vs 391,703.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 255Down 30% past week
- Rust
- 3.6kDown 69% past week
Rust currently has about 14× as many live Twitch viewers as Elite: Dangerous — 3,568 vs 255.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- Rust
- 207k
Rust currently has about 1.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Elite: Dangerous — 207,000 vs 171,000.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
We estimate that about 48,000 people play Elite: Dangerous on a typical day (most likely between 28,000 and 81,000), based on data from Nov 13, 2026. Around 3,500,000 accounts (between 2,300,000 and 5,300,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.
Rust
We estimate that about 680,000 people play Rust on a typical day (most likely between 490,000 and 940,000), based on data from Nov 13, 2026. Around 20,000,000 accounts (between 16,000,000 and 26,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: high — measured from a full day of Steam data, for a game played mainly on Steam.
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