Head to head

Eve Online vs Phantasy Star Online 2

Eve Online

Live

15k – 51k daily

Phantasy Star Online 2

Live

2k – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

15k – 51k

2k – 8k

Estimated players

71.7k1.4%

14.3k

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlinePhantasy Star Online 2

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~70.8k	Up 2.3%
October 2026	~69.2k	Up 1.9%
September 2026	~67.9k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Phantasy Star Online 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~14.3k
October 2026	~14.3k	Down 0.1%
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

Eve Online: 5.3kUp 0.5%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 814Down 2.0%

Eve Online currently has about 6.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 5,318 vs 814.

Discord members

Eve Online: 52.3kUp 0.5%
Phantasy Star Online 2: —

Eve Online currently has 52,332 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 224.7kUp 0.4%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.3kUp 0.1%

Eve Online currently has about 3.2× as many subreddit members as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 224,678 vs 69,311.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 2.3kUp 6.4%
Phantasy Star Online 2: —

Eve Online currently has 2,326 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 237kUp 1.7%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8k

Eve Online currently has about 5.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 237,000 vs 44,800.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 15k – 51k 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.

Phantasy Star Online 2

Phantasy Star Online 2 is estimated to have 2k – 8k 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.