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.
Elite Dangerous playtime stats
206 tracked Steam players have spent 2.7 years in Elite Dangerous, 114 hours each on average; the median player has 21 hours. The top 10% have 355 hours or more, while 17% are still under two hours, inside Steam's refund window. Over the last 30 days 0.2% of active players played it, 37 hours in all, most of all on Fridays. A typical day of play lasts 2.9 hours. It is the most played game for 2 of its players. Its players also play Stellaris, X4: Foundations and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Total playtime
= 23,555 hours total
across 206 players
Avg per player
median 21h
Avg day of play
per player, on days they play
Loyalty
of its players' Steam time · top game for 2 players
New players
first played it in the last 30 days
Achievements
None tracked for this game
Elite Dangerous over time
UTC days. Each line is scaled to its own range; hover a day for the values. Today is still in progress.
Trend
last 30 days vs the 30 beforeShare of active players
3 players of 1,552
0.2%
Share of hours played
37h in 30 days
0%
Hours per player
in the last 30 days
12h
Shares, not raw counts: we track more players every week, so raw totals mostly show our own growth.
Weekday pattern
avg hours, UTCBusiest on Fridays, 32% above an average day.
Hours played per day
all tracked players, UTC days · hover a dayDays played
13
Tracked playtime
37h
Avg per day
2.9h
Biggest day
6.0h
Sep 27
Most players
1
Sep 24
Favorite day
Thursday
Top players
Full leaderboard →- 1
GAC II
1,704h - 2
Detaz1,420h - 3
Timijan
1,298h - 4
GenX George
869h - 5
Nod for Glitter869h - 6
Helen Rock Melon
751h - 7
JoBro744h - 8
Domj671h - 9
Darkone
653h - 10
Danny591h
How long players stay
lifetime hours per player- Under 1h23 (11%)
- 1–10h53 (26%)
- 10–50h54 (26%)
- 50–100h22 (11%)
- 100–500h41 (20%)
- 500h+13 (6%)
17% of players have under 2 hours, inside Steam's refund window.
Top countries
by tracked players- United States59 players12% of its players
- Canada13 players20% of its players
United Kingdom13 players13% of its players
Ukraine7 players15% of its players
Germany7 players7.2% of its players- Australia6 players11% of its players
Players also play
from its players' most played games, updated nightly
Stellaris29% also play it
X4: Foundations9.2% also play it
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim34% also play it
PlanetSide 214% also play it
Space Engineers22% also play it
Warframe35% also play it
Star Trek Online9.2% also play it
No Man's Sky26% also play it
RimWorld22% also play it
HELLDIVERS™ 231% also play it
Conan Exiles Enhanced11% also play it
Kerbal Space Program15% also play it