Head to head

DayZ vs Final Fantasy XI Online

DayZ

Live

140k – 480k daily

Final Fantasy XI Online

Live

270 – 120k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

May 2002 · 24 years ago

Daily players

140k – 480k

270 – 120k

Estimated players

198.3k0.9%

815.4%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DayZFinal Fantasy XI Online

DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~193.6k	Up 12%
July 2026	~173.1k	—

Final Fantasy XI Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~120	Up 46%
July 2026	~82	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DayZ: 54.1kUp 9.6%
Final Fantasy XI Online: —

DayZ currently has 54,126 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Final Fantasy XI Online.

Discord members

DayZ: 188.9kUp 1.5%
Final Fantasy XI Online: —

DayZ currently has 188,895 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Final Fantasy XI Online.

Reddit members

DayZ: 559kUp 0.4%
Final Fantasy XI Online: —

DayZ currently has 559,031 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Final Fantasy XI Online.

Twitch viewers

DayZ: 6.3kDown 0.5%
Final Fantasy XI Online: 403Up 2.0%

DayZ currently has about 16× as many live Twitch viewers as Final Fantasy XI Online — 6,305 vs 403.

YouTube subscribers

DayZ: 136kUp 1.5%
Final Fantasy XI Online: —

DayZ currently has 136,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Final Fantasy XI Online.

How these estimates are made

DayZ

DayZ is estimated to have 140k – 480k players a day. Around 5m – 13m 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 XI Online

Final Fantasy XI Online is estimated to have 270 – 120k players a day. Around 54k – 5m 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.