Head to head

4Story Online vs Phantasy Star Universe

4Story Online

Live

11 – 5k daily

Phantasy Star Universe

Live

13 – 6k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2008 · 18 years ago

August 2006 · 20 years ago

Daily players

11 – 5k

13 – 6k

Estimated players

486.1%

2660.5%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

4Story OnlinePhantasy Star Universe

4Story Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~57	Up 7.5%
September 2026	~53	Up 1.9%
August 2026	~52	Up 11%
July 2026	~47	—

Phantasy Star Universe

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~270	Up 3.1%
September 2026	~262	Up 5.6%
August 2026	~248	Up 23%
July 2026	~201	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Reddit members

4Story Online: 460Up 3.1%
Phantasy Star Universe: 2.7kUp 4.6%

Phantasy Star Universe currently has about 5.8× as many subreddit members as 4Story Online — 2,665 vs 460.

Twitch viewers

4Story Online: 42Down 52%
Phantasy Star Universe: 9Up 350%

4Story Online currently has about 4.7× as many live Twitch viewers as Phantasy Star Universe — 42 vs 9.

How these estimates are made

4Story Online

4Story Online is estimated to have 11 – 5k players a day. Around 7k – 700k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

Phantasy Star Universe

Phantasy Star Universe is estimated to have 13 – 6k players a day. Around 10k – 960k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.