Head to head

Fear surrounds vs Final Fantasy XIV Online

Fear surrounds

Live

780 – 3k daily

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

55k – 190k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2021 · 6 years ago

September 2010 · 16 years ago

Daily players

780 – 3k

55k – 190k

Estimated players

1.2k2.3%

319.8k1.0%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Fear surroundsFinal Fantasy XIV Online

Fear surrounds

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.2k	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~1.2k	Up 21%
July 2026	~1k	—

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~327.9k	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

Fear surrounds: 87Down 72%
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 23.3kUp 1.0%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 268× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Fear surrounds — 23,320 vs 87.

Discord members

Fear surrounds: —
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 279.1kUp 0.6%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 279,076 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Fear surrounds.

Reddit members

Fear surrounds: —
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.4%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 1,366,751 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Fear surrounds.

Twitch viewers

Fear surrounds: —
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 5.7kDown 49%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 5,735 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Fear surrounds.

YouTube subscribers

Fear surrounds: —
Final Fantasy XIV Online: 742kUp 0.1%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 742,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Fear surrounds.

How these estimates are made

Fear surrounds

Fear surrounds is estimated to have 780 – 3k players a day. Around 210k – 550k 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 55k – 190k 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.