Head to head

AFK Journey vs Final Fantasy XIV Online

AFK Journey

Live

2k – 8k daily

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

72k – 250k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2024 · 3 years ago

September 2010 · 16 years ago

Daily players

2k – 8k

72k – 250k

Estimated players

48k0.2%

331.5k2.2%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

AFK JourneyFinal Fantasy XIV Online

AFK Journey

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~47.9k	Up 0.3%
July 2026	~47.8k	—

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~330.1k	Up 0.1%
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

AFK Journey: 809Up 60%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 27.3kUp 21%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 34× as many peak concurrent Steam players as AFK Journey — 27,279 vs 809.

Reddit members

AFK Journey: 105kUp 0.9%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.6%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 13× as many subreddit members as AFK Journey — 1,361,695 vs 105,003.

Twitch viewers

AFK Journey: 1Down 83%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 8.7kDown 3.8%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 8673× as many live Twitch viewers as AFK Journey — 8,673 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

AFK Journey: 333k
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 741kUp 0.3%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 2.2× as many YouTube subscribers as AFK Journey — 741,000 vs 333,000.

Discord members

AFK Journey: —
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 277.9kUp 0.8%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 277,858 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for AFK Journey.

How these estimates are made

AFK Journey

AFK Journey is estimated to have 2k – 8k players a day. Around 22k – 57k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 72k – 250k players a day. Around 1m – 3m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.