Head to head

Champions Online vs Phantasy Star Online 2

Champions Online

Live

310 – 1k daily

Phantasy Star Online 2

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2009 · 17 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

310 – 1k

2k – 7k

Estimated players

4.7k1.7%

14.3k

Available on

Windows
Linux

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Champions OnlinePhantasy Star Online 2

Champions Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~4.7k	Up 0.3%
September 2026	~4.7k	Up 0.8%
August 2026	~4.7k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~4.7k	—

Phantasy Star Online 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~14.3k	Down 0.3%
September 2026	~14.3k	Down 0.2%
August 2026	~14.4k	Up 14%
July 2026	~12.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Champions Online: 121Down 29%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 831Down 31%

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has about 6.9× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Champions Online — 831 vs 121.

Discord members

Champions Online: 2.8kUp 3.1%
Phantasy Star Online 2: —

Champions Online currently has 2,825 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

Reddit members

Champions Online: 1.9kUp 1.1%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.2kUp 0.1%

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has about 37× as many subreddit members as Champions Online — 69,209 vs 1,864.

Twitch viewers

Champions Online: 0Down 100%
Phantasy Star Online 2: —

Champions Online currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

YouTube subscribers

Champions Online: 30.8k
Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8k

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has about 1.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Champions Online — 44,800 vs 30,800.

How these estimates are made

Champions Online

Champions Online is estimated to have 310 – 1k players a day. Around 99k – 250k 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.

Phantasy Star Online 2

Phantasy Star Online 2 is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 430k – 1m 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.