Elite Dangerous

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App ID	359320
App Type	Game
Developer	Frontier Developments
Publisher	Frontier Developments
Franchise	Frontier Developments, FrontierDev
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	Cobra Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber	31527299
Last Record Update	7 October 2025 – 13:16:10 UTC ()
Release Date	2 April 2015 – 13:54:00 UTC ()

😏 76.47%

102k reviews

7,291

In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer

Frontier Developments

metacritic_name

Elite: Dangerous

controller_support

partial

metacritic_score

metacritic_fullurl

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/elite-dangerous?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Frontier Developments

eulas

0 ↴
id	359320_eula_0
name	Elite: Dangerous EULA
url	http://store.steampowered.com//eula/359320_eula_0
version	1

foo

bla

Store Release Date

2 April 2015 – 16:00:00 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

OpenVrSupport

Yes

ControllerVr

xinput	1
kbm	1

PlayAreaVr

seated

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

7 October 2025 – 13:15:35 UTC () (1759842935)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	CenterCenter
width_pct	50
height_pct	66

review_score

review_percentage

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

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	1
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	1
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	1
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-8.0RC
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

AllowMicroTxnFromRestrictedCountries

MicroTxnRestrictedCountries

RU,BY

Belarus,

Russian Federation

controllertagwizard

Yes

First seen on SteamDB

23 March 2015 – 17:58:44 UTC (), in changelist #955216

Supported Languages

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

Hardware Categories

VR Supported

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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logo

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logo_small

e7ae8414879ff5e547df85935ba5576dbc0639e3_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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library_hero ↴
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image2x/english	library_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
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logo_position/width_pct	50
logo_position/height_pct	66
image/english	logo.png

Assets

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header	header.jpg
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community_icon	670f2f289a180f7ac291585df847009640ebf1c5.jpg
page_background_path	app/359320
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	7 October 2025 – 13:16:06 UTC

Trailers

999814 ↴
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all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1759842962
200303 ↴
trailer_name	Elite Dangerous 3.3 ESRB
trailer_category	3
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all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1698853627
33465 ↴
trailer_name	Elite: Dangerous Slow Motion Trailer ESRB
trailer_category	3
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all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1698853655
33467 ↴
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all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1698853664

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
228983	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2010 Redist	No size
228984	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2012 Redist	No size
228986	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2015 Redist	No size
228990	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist	No size
359321	Windows Elite: Dangerous Launcher	102.32 MiB	98.73 MiB
359322	Windows Elite: Dangerous Content	9.84 GiB	9.12 GiB
359323	Windows Elite: Dangerous Combat Tutorial Demo	0 B	0 B
359324	macOS Elite: Dangerous Launcher (Mac)	0 B	0 B
359325	macOS Elite: Dangerous Content (Mac)	0 B	0 B
359326	Windows Elite: Dangerous Content (Win64)	53.04 GiB	49.33 GiB
419273	Windows 64-bitDepot from 419270Elite Dangerous: VR Demo	6.58 GiB	6.03 GiB
359327	Windows Elite Dangerous: PTS	0 B	0 B
359328	Windows DLC 1336350Elite Dangerous: Odyssey	0 B	0 B

Total size on disk is 69.56 GiB and total download size is 64.58 GiB.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		20221462	2 October 2025 – 14:30:23 UTC

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Name	Value
baselanguages	English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian
privatebranches	1

Elite Dangerous

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