Choose Elite Dangerous
Choose Elite Dangerous if you want a Strategy, Simulation, and Massively Multiplayer game with MMO and VR Supported. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 76.7% positive across 52,491 reviews.
Elite Dangerous vs Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Elite Dangerous and Starlink: Battle for Atlas both land in Action, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Adventure on Steam. Elite Dangerous (2015) is 4 years older than Starlink: Battle for Atlas (2019). Elite Dangerous scores higher on Steam reviews (76.7% positive) than Starlink: Battle for Atlas (63.2% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Choose Starlink: Battle for Atlas if you want the Shared/Split Screen side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2019) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Starlink: Battle for Atlas launched in 2019.
Both Elite Dangerous and Starlink: Battle for Atlas sit in Action and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player and Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Elite Dangerous |  Starlink: Battle for Atlas | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2019 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, RPG | Action, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 76.7% positive (52,491 reviews) | 63.2% positive (163 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Co-op | Multi-player, Co-op |
| Developers | Frontier Developments | Ubisoft Toronto |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure on Steam.
- Elite Dangerous (2015) is 4 years older than Starlink: Battle for Atlas (2019).
- Elite Dangerous scores higher on Steam reviews (76.7% positive) than Starlink: Battle for Atlas (63.2% positive).
- Elite Dangerous is currently ~33% cheaper on Steam than Starlink: Battle for Atlas (19.99 USD vs. 29.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Steam Deck: Elite Dangerous is Deck Playable, Starlink: Battle for Atlas is Deck Unsupported.
Elite Dangerous vs Starlink: Battle for Atlas — FAQ
- Which is better, Elite Dangerous or Starlink: Battle for Atlas?
- On Steam reviews Elite Dangerous scores higher (76.7% positive) than Starlink: Battle for Atlas (63.2% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Elite Dangerous is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Elite Dangerous or Starlink: Battle for Atlas first?
- If you want chronology, Elite Dangerous (2015) came out before Starlink: Battle for Atlas (2019). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Elite Dangerous and Starlink: Battle for Atlas similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Elite Dangerous and Starlink: Battle for Atlas have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Elite Dangerous ships Co-op; Starlink: Battle for Atlas ships Co-op.