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.
Modeled estimate, not a reported figure. How we estimate →
Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
14 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
Availability
We put this game to every storefront we collect. A market that answered not sold has told us something about the game; a market we never asked has not, and the two are never drawn the same.
Charts
Each storefront's own chart, in its own country — the closest public signal to sales where none is published. A country missing from a list is one we don't collect there, not one where the game doesn't chart.
No United States chart position — it charts only in the markets below.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 10.14/day in the week to Aug 26 → 18/day in the week after.
Too few observations to say whether a discount moves this store's chart at all: across the last 30 days Steam · Top Sellers · Poland has just 18 day-to-day chart moves that followed a price cut, against 2,498 that did not. We are publishing the count instead of a direction — 20 is the fewest we will draw a conclusion from, and price collection outside the United States began on 6 August 2026.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
Discover the next chapter of the legendary Elite saga. Elite Dangerous is the definitive massively multiplayer space epic, bringing gaming’s original 1984 open world adventure to the modern generation with a seamless, connected galaxy, a player‑shaped evolving narrative, and the entire Milky Way recreated at full galactic scale.
Against this vast backdrop, take to the stars in your own starship and do whatever it takes to survive in an ever-changing futuristic galactic sandbox. Acquire wealth and power, develop your skills and knowledge, and earn the right to stand tall among the ranks of the iconic Elite.
In an age of galactic superpowers and interstellar war, your story influences the connected experience and handcrafted evolving narrative. From discovering new worlds, to exhilarating space combat and a fully-realised economy for trade, the galaxy is waiting.
The 400-billion star systems of the Milky Way form the vast and dynamic stage for Elite Dangerous' open-ended gameplay. Constructed using real astronomical data, the stars, planets, moons, asteroid belts, and black holes of our galaxy are rendered at true galactic scale. Chart a course through star systems never before visited by other Commanders and explore the surface of strange and unfamiliar worlds with a Surface Recon Vehicle.
Over 35 distinct spacecraft are ready for you to command, from lightweight exploration vessels to gigantic behemoths ready for battle. Build a diverse collection of ships and outfit them to match your playstyle. Customise every component, weapon and optional module to enhance and alter your ships’ capabilities.
Hunt, explore, fight, mine, smuggle and trade across the galaxy. Forge your path solo or with up to three friends in a Wing. Join a Squadron full of like-minded Commanders and share the highs and lows of your interstellar adventures together.
With the System Colonisation mechanic, the power to claim and expand your very own star systems is in your hands. Whether creating a thriving new economy, a bustling trade hub, or a new port of operations, the galaxy awaits your vision.
The Elite Dangerous galaxy revolves around players’ actions. In an age of galactic superpowers and interstellar war, every player’s personal story influences the space simulation and handcrafted, evolving narrative.
Co-operate with fellow Commanders in pivotal Community Goal events that can permanently alter the state of the galaxy, earning exclusive rewards and recognition for your contribution in the process.
Align with a galactic superpower and alter the interstellar landscape with Powerplay. Support your power or undermine a rival through a variety of means, from hacking starport advertisements to attacking gigantic Stronghold Carriers. Every contribution matters.
Experience unpredictable encounters with other players in a vast, massively multiplayer space. Experience the connected galaxy alone in Solo mode or with players across the world in Open Play, where every pilot you face could become a trusted ally or your deadliest enemy.
The universe of Elite Dangerous continues to grow and expand with new features and content. Regular major updates provide new opportunities and gameplay for you to discover and change the way you play.
Add-ons
Each DLC is estimated with the same model as a game, then summed — a modeled figure, not reported DLC sales.
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Epic publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $19.99 | 107.7Kreviews | 77% | — | $57.6M |
| $19.99 | 16.6Kratings | 82% | — | not modelled | |
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 1562 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
It's not perfect but it's the best in the genre so far.
I have hours on Xbox not reflected in my steam playtime. Anyway other reviews have said it better, but Elite Dangerous is all presentation and no gameplay, a mile wide and an inch deep. It has hardly anything to do, and nothing you do matters. If you like inventing goals for yourself, or joining clans or something, go nuts, you might enjoy it. But for everyone else, don't waste your money.
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14 on sale1 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask
The 1 “not sold” market is read from the Steam price pass of Sep 13: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price there. The 14 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
Genres
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil*languages with full audio support
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Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 1.6K reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
gioco infinito immenso e desolato, il miglior videogioco spaziale di sempre! ma potrebbe migliorare parecchio ancora
Im doing what I want in space and having fun.
1st of all: ignore every bad ratings from gamers who played less than 15 hours! for a game i have been playing since January 2015 (i had over 2500 hours before importation to steam) it is still a very good game, but the learning curve is hard, almost like getting a standard drivers license. This is no arcade game, but more of a simulator. And don't buy it for the FPS part, its a nice addition, but not the main "magic" of the game. The microtransaction part is priced fair most of the time, mainly cosmetic and the pay to win aspect of early access to new ships becomes free for standard in-game currency (credits) after roundabout 90 days. Soundtrack and FX sounds are f..king awesome btw. Anyone who played one of the 3 former installations of Elite (like this is actually Elite 4) will love this game, so do i. Fly Save, Commanders o7 (salute ascii emoji ;D)
An amazing concept for a game run by a dev team that seems determined to run it into the ground. Every good feature that gets added is unfinished, and the devs shortly abandon it to focus on making whatever the next half arsed thing they can come up with, to show off how pretty it is before then abandoning that. Constant idiotic decisions, like changes to ship outfitting and crime and punishment that make playing as a pirate or smuggler impossible. Refusal to do anything about cheaters who ruin the powerplay system (the EG faction only came into existence thanks to players who cheated at the community event to add a new faction. I really hope frontier sells the rights to literally anyone else
This is a nice game with real-time progression, which lead me to a question, how did peoples manage times to spent hours into this game?
if you want an easy game dont get this. if you want eve online or starcraft dont get this. if you want a SPACE SIMULATION that is the size of the milky way galaxy (with procedurally generated planets and systems) and allows you to make money in really any way you want, this is a great game. if you want something you can keep coming back to and hyperfixate on, this is perfect.
Combination of action, simulation, and strategy. It does all very well. The simulation part adds time and patience. If you need heart pounding action nonstop and have no patience to move through the simulation and depth part of the game, this may not be the game for you. If you are looking for something with depth, thought, and effort that may take time, you will very likely enjoy this game. **I have had zero issues running this game full blast on my computer**
Never plaed a game like this. If your considering buying this, DO IT! PLEASE TRUST ME! also, it is a 1:1 scale of the ENTIRE GALAXY! Best game ever.
Active players
Estimated daily and monthly active players (DAU/MAU) modeled from peak concurrency.
Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
Players also reviewed
The games this title's players most often review too — audience affinity.
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