Elite Dangerous
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
- Price (US)
- $19.99
- Developer
- Frontier Developments
- Released
- Apr 2, 2015
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
- Platforms
- Windows
- Metacritic
- 80 ↗
- Website
- elitedangerous.com ↗
How many people are playing Elite Dangerous?
Elite Dangerous had 4,185 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 3, 2026, 16:00 UTC, down 5.0% from 4,405 a day earlier. As of Nov 3, 2026, 16:00 UTC, it ranks #229 of the 502 games tracked here, down 1 place from #228 a day earlier.
The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 17, 2026 is 8,354, on Oct 25, 2026; the latest reading is 50% of that.
Over the last four weeks, Elite Dangerous has been busiest during the evening in Europe, with the busiest hour around 20:00 UTC. That's when its players play, not necessarily where they live.
Insights
What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.
Recent Elite Dangerous updates
The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.
- Oct 20, 2026 Regular update Anaconda MK II Update ↗ ▲ +31% 3,873 → 5,062 avg players
- Sep 2, 2026 Regular update Elite Dangerous | Rhino SRV Update ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Jul 1, 2026 Major update Elite Dangerous | Operations Update ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Apr 28, 2026 Regular update Elite Dangerous | Lynx Highliner Update Notes ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Feb 24, 2026 Regular update Elite Dangerous | Kestrel Mk. II Update ↗ Not tracked the week before
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