Head to head

Final Fantasy XIV Online vs Instant War

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

77k – 270k daily

Instant War

Live

18 – 62 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2010 · 16 years ago

July 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

77k – 270k

18 – 62

Estimated players

330.2k1.7%

1.5k0.4%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Final Fantasy XIV OnlineInstant War

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~328.1k	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~330k
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Instant War

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.6k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~1.5k	Down 0.1%
July 2026	~1.5k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 32kUp 25%
Instant War: 6Down 14%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 5333× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Instant War — 31,996 vs 6.

Discord members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 279kUp 0.7%
Instant War: 7.5k

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 37× as many Discord members as Instant War — 278,983 vs 7,548.

Reddit members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.5%
Instant War: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 1,365,836 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Instant War.

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 8.4kDown 63%
Instant War: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 8,414 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Instant War.

YouTube subscribers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 742kUp 0.1%
Instant War: —

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

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 77k – 270k 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.

Instant War

Instant War is estimated to have 18 – 62 players a day. Around 4k – 9k 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.