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Elite Dangerous

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App ID 359320
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Frontier Developments
Franchise Frontier Developments, FrontierDev
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Cobra Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber 28972338
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 02:57:39 UTC ()
Release Date 2 April 2015 – 13:54:00 UTC ()
😏 76.53%
100k reviews
4,161
In-Game

Take control of your own starship in a cutthroat galaxy. Elite Dangerous is the definitive massively multiplayer space epic.

Additional Information

Developer Frontier Developments
metacritic_name Elite: Dangerous
controller_support partial
metacritic_score 80
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/elite-dangerous?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Frontier Developments
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Store Release Date 2 April 2015 – 16:00:00 UTC ()
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OpenVrSupport Yes
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3rd-Party Account Frontier Account
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/EliteDangerousOfficial/
https://www.twitch.tv/frontierdevelopments
https://x.com/EliteDangerous
https://www.youtube.com/elitedangerous/
Primary Genre Simulation (28)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Massively Multiplayer (29), RPG (3), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 2 April 2015 – 13:54:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 31 October 2024 – 11:05:02 UTC () (1730372702)
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Detected Technologies (?) Cobra Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK, OpenVR SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game's launcher/setup tool may require the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game's launcher/setup tool may require a touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 18 January 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 12899771
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AllowMicroTxnFromRestrictedCountries No
MicroTxnRestrictedCountries RU,BY
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controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 23 March 2015 – 17:58:44 UTC (), in changelist #955216

Supported Languages

6 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes
French Yes
German Yes
Russian Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes

Tags

🚀 Space Sim 🌠 Space 🌍 Open World 🗺 Exploration 🚀 Sci-fi 🖥️ Simulation 🫶 Massively Multiplayer 🕹️ Multiplayer 🥽 VR 🙌 First-Person 💥 Action 🗺️ Adventure 🧱 Sandbox 👥 Online Co-Op 👤 Singleplayer 💼 Trading 🎲 RPG 😓 Difficult 💡 Strategy 👣 TrackIR

Categories

Single-player MMO In-App Purchases Remote Play on Tablet Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

VR Supported Partial Controller Support

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Trailers
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Steam charts

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  • 4,161 players right now
  • 4,161 24-hour peak
  • 28,923 all-time peak 20 May 2021
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  • 308,190 followers
  • #663 in top sellers
  • 77,650 positive reviews
  • 22,692 negative reviews
  • 77.39% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 211 viewers right now
  • 278 24-hour peak
  • 27,354 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😏 Mostly Positive
  • 76.53% SteamDB Rating
  • 77,650 77.4% positive reviews
  • 22,692 22.6% negative reviews

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Markers

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2 April 2015 – 13:54 Steam Release -
16 June 2020 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Fight for Racial Justice Bundle -
3 September 2020 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Super Simulation Bundle -
14 July 2021 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Take Control Bundle -

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How many players are playing Elite Dangerous right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 4161 players live playing Elite Dangerous on Steam.

Elite Dangerous had an all-time peak of 28923 concurrent players on 20 May 2021.

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