Head to head

Final Fantasy XIV Online vs Highrise

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

72k – 250k daily

Highrise

Live

520 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2010 · 16 years ago

October 2025 · 10 months ago

Daily players

72k – 250k

520 – 2k

Estimated players

331.5k2.2%

38k0.4%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Final Fantasy XIV OnlineHighrise

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~330.1k	Up 0.1%
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Highrise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~37.9k
July 2026	~38k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 27.3kUp 21%
Highrise: 168Down 23%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 162× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Highrise — 27,279 vs 168.

Discord members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 277.9kUp 0.8%
Highrise: 173.6k

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 1.6× as many Discord members as Highrise — 277,858 vs 173,622.

Reddit members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.6%
Highrise: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 1,361,695 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Highrise.

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 8.7kDown 3.8%
Highrise: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 8,673 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Highrise.

YouTube subscribers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 741kUp 0.3%
Highrise: 16.5kUp 1.2%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 45× as many YouTube subscribers as Highrise — 741,000 vs 16,500.

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 72k – 250k 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.

Highrise

Highrise is estimated to have 520 – 2k players a day. Around 12k – 31k 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.