Head to head

Eve Online vs Final Fantasy XIV Online

Eve Online

Live

12k – 44k daily

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

46k – 160k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

September 2010 · 16 years ago

Daily players

12k – 44k

46k – 160k

Estimated players

69k0.8%

325.3k0.9%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineFinal Fantasy XIV Online

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~68.8k	Up 1.3%
September 2026	~67.9k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~323.7k	Down 1.2%
September 2026	~327.7k	Down 0.7%
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

Eve Online: 4.9kUp 3.1%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 18.3kDown 22%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 3.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Eve Online — 18,255 vs 4,945.

Discord members

Eve Online: 52.5kUp 1.3%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 279.5kUp 0.1%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 5.3× as many Discord members as Eve Online — 279,511 vs 52,450.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 224.3kUp 0.5%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.3%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 6.1× as many subreddit members as Eve Online — 1,371,394 vs 224,321.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 1.8kUp 30%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 3.7kDown 58%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 2× as many live Twitch viewers as Eve Online — 3,674 vs 1,797.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 236kUp 2.2%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 743kUp 0.1%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 3.1× as many YouTube subscribers as Eve Online — 743,000 vs 236,000.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 12k – 44k players a day. Around 640k – 2m 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 46k – 160k 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.