Head to head

Darkest Days vs Final Fantasy XIV Online

Darkest Days

Live

830 – 3k daily

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

77k – 270k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2025 · 1 year ago

September 2010 · 16 years ago

Daily players

830 – 3k

77k – 270k

Estimated players

2.3k0.7%

330.2k1.7%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Darkest DaysFinal Fantasy XIV Online

Darkest Days

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~2.3k
August 2026	~2.3k	Up 17%
July 2026	~1.9k	—

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~328.1k	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~330k
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Darkest Days: 370Up 15%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 32kUp 25%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 86× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Darkest Days — 31,996 vs 370.

Discord members

Darkest Days: 5.8kDown 1.4%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 279kUp 0.7%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 48× as many Discord members as Darkest Days — 278,983 vs 5,803.

Twitch viewers

Darkest Days: 1Down 67%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 8.4kDown 63%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 8414× as many live Twitch viewers as Darkest Days — 8,414 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Darkest Days: 2.2kUp 1.4%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 742kUp 0.1%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 340× as many YouTube subscribers as Darkest Days — 742,000 vs 2,180.

Reddit members

Darkest Days: —
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.5%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 1,365,836 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Darkest Days.

How these estimates are made

Darkest Days

Darkest Days is estimated to have 830 – 3k players a day. Around 110k – 290k 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 77k – 270k 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.