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Elite: Dangerous

Steam Player Count & Twitch Viewers / Streams
// updated 12 min ago
Steam Players
1,368
-1.6K // vs 7d ago
5,453 // 24 hr peak
Twitch Viewers
222
-103 // vs 7d ago
378 // 24 hr peak
Twitch Streams
14
-3 // vs 7d ago
39 // 24 hr peak
Date Steam Players Twitch Viewers
Sep 22,397140
Sep 13,783230
Aug 313,942248
Aug 304,791297
Aug 294,411241
Aug 283,723425
Aug 273,356272

Summary

Elite: Dangerous currently has 222 live Twitch viewers across 14 active streams, with viewership down 103 compared to the same time last week.

On Steam, it currently has 1,368 concurrent players, down 1,558 compared to the same time last week.

Over the 9 months we've tracked it, Elite: Dangerous's Steam players peaked at 8,827 and Twitch viewers peaked at 4,478.

Elite: Dangerous monthly player & viewer history

Month Steam AvgSteam Peak Twitch AvgTwitch Peak
Sep 2026
month to date
3,090
▼ -767
5,453
185
▼ -85
378
Aug 2026
3,857
▼ -703
6,594
270
▼ -18
1,763
Jul 2026
4,560
▲ +701
8,827
288
▲ +67
1,142
Jun 2026
3,859
▼ -509
7,024
221
▲ +20
759
May 2026
4,368
▲ +363
7,470
201
▲ +8
1,003
Apr 2026
4,005
▼ -101
6,718
193
▲ +5
2,349
Mar 2026
4,106
▲ +153
8,027
188
▼ -114
538
Feb 2026
3,953
▼ -412
6,992
302
▲ +61
4,478
Jan 2026
4,365
—
7,853
241
—
702

Monthly averages and peak concurrent Steam players and Twitch viewers, since we began tracking Elite: Dangerous.

About

The next game in the Elite series - an amazing space epic with stunning visuals, incredible gameplay, breath-taking scope and award-winning sound. All content can be enjoyed in game any mode: solo, personal invite-only group or open/MMO. Carve your own path through the richest, largest gaming sandbox ever created, a 1:1 scale representation of the Milky Way galaxy, set against a backdrop of raw anarchy, galactic powerplays and political intrigue.

Genres
ShooterRole-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyAdventure
Platforms
PlayStation 4PC (Microsoft Windows)SteamVRMacOculus RiftXbox One
Developer
Frontier Developments
Publisher
Frontier Developments
Release Date
December 16, 2014
Game Modes
Single playerMultiplayerCo-operativeMassively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Perspective
First personThird personVirtual Reality
Themes
ActionScience fictionSandboxOpen world

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