Head to head

Elite: Dangerous vs Throne and Liberty

Elite: Dangerous

Live

17k – 62k daily

Throne and Liberty

Live

6k – 23k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

December 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

17k – 62k

6k – 23k

Estimated players

93.8k1.3%

11.3k0.8%

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Elite: DangerousThrone and Liberty

Elite: Dangerous

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~91.9k	Up 0.2%
October 2026	~91.7k	Up 1.1%
September 2026	~90.7k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~90.2k
July 2026	~90.3k	—

Throne and Liberty

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~11.2k	Down 4.9%
October 2026	~11.8k	Down 10%
September 2026	~13.2k	Down 4.1%
August 2026	~13.8k	Down 1.4%
July 2026	~14k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Elite: Dangerous: 4.5kDown 18%
Throne and Liberty: 2.3kDown 57%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Throne and Liberty — 4,467 vs 2,289.

Discord members

Elite: Dangerous: 70.2kDown 1.0%
Throne and Liberty: —

Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,237 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Throne and Liberty.

Reddit members

Elite: Dangerous: 391.1kUp 0.4%
Throne and Liberty: 1.8k

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 217× as many subreddit members as Throne and Liberty — 391,129 vs 1,801.

Twitch viewers

Elite: Dangerous: 417Up 0.7%
Throne and Liberty: 147Down 51%

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 2.8× as many live Twitch viewers as Throne and Liberty — 417 vs 147.

YouTube subscribers

Elite: Dangerous: 171k
Throne and Liberty: 29.2k

Elite: Dangerous currently has about 5.9× as many YouTube subscribers as Throne and Liberty — 171,000 vs 29,200.

How these estimates are made

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 17k – 62k 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.

Throne and Liberty

Throne and Liberty is estimated to have 6k – 23k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.