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Sky: Children of the Light
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Elite: Dangerous

Direct comparison between Sky: Children of the Light and Elite: Dangerous. View their social activity, release status, platform availability, and other key details.

Game Status

Status

Active

Sky: Children of the Light status is active.

Status

Active

Elite: Dangerous status is active.

Estimated Daily Players

Estimated Daily Players

~150 thousand

We estimate that Sky: Children of the Light has currently around 150k players daily.

Sky: Children of the Light is a cross-platform, socially-oriented adventure title from ThatGameCompany (creators of Journey) and published by NetEase. Launched in 2019 and consistently receiving seasonal content updates, it maintains a strong, dedicated mobile and console player base, especially in Asian markets. Its unique multiplayer instance system enables shared world experiences but does not reach the persistent, large-scale MMO threshold. Daily active players are estimated around 150,000 due to ongoing popularity and global releases.

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 Sky: Children of the Light and Elite: Dangerous. Data includes social media activity, community discussions, and online mentions tracked over time.

Social score for Sky: Children of the Light

MonthSocial ScoreChange
February 2026~9.6k62.3%
January 2026~25.5k1.0%
December 2025~25.3k12.9%
November 2025~29k4.8%
October 2025~30.5k

Social score for Elite: Dangerous

MonthSocial ScoreChange
February 2026~0
January 2026~0
December 2025~0
November 2025~0
October 2025~0

Game Age

Age

7 years ago

Sky: Children of the Light was released in July 2019 (7 years ago).

Age

11 years ago

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

Platforms

Sky: Children of the Light is available on 5 platforms.

Elite: Dangerous is available on 4 platforms.

Player Perspectives

Sky: Children of the Light offers 1 player perspective.

Elite: Dangerous offers 3 player perspectives.

Developers

Sky: Children of the Light has 1 developer.

Elite: Dangerous has 1 developer.

Publishers

Sky: Children of the Light has 2 publishers.

Elite: Dangerous has 1 publisher.

Categories

Sky: Children of the Light has 5 categories.

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