Head to head

Final Fantasy XIV Online vs Hero Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

57k – 200k daily

Hero Online

Live

95 – 340 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2010 · 16 years ago

July 2006 · 20 years ago

Daily players

57k – 200k

95 – 340

Estimated players

331k3.5%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Final Fantasy XIV OnlineHero Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~327.7k	Down 0.7%
August 2026	~330k
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Hero Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~45
August 2026	~45	Down 4.3%
July 2026	~47	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 25.7kUp 4.5%
Hero Online: 42Up 62%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 613× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Hero Online — 25,739 vs 42.

Discord members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 279.1kUp 0.4%
Hero Online: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 279,133 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Hero Online.

Reddit members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.4%
Hero Online: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 1,367,949 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Hero Online.

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 5kDown 40%
Hero Online: 0Down 100%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 4,952 live Twitch viewers, while Hero Online has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 742k
Hero Online: —

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

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 57k – 200k 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.

Hero Online

Hero Online is estimated to have 95 – 340 players a day. Around 10k – 24k 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.