Head to head

Final Fantasy XIV Online vs Karos Classic

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

52k – 190k daily

Karos Classic

Live

40 – 140 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2010 · 16 years ago

December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

52k – 190k

40 – 140

Estimated players

332.3k3.6%

1.9k6.0%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Final Fantasy XIV OnlineKaros Classic

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~324.5k	Down 1.0%
September 2026	~327.7k	Down 0.7%
August 2026	~330k
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Karos Classic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.8k	Up 0.9%
September 2026	~1.8k	Up 1.1%
August 2026	~1.8k
July 2026	~1.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 20.7kDown 8.4%
Karos Classic: 16Up 6.7%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 1297× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Karos Classic — 20,749 vs 16.

Discord members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 279.5kUp 0.1%
Karos Classic: 7.2k

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 39× as many Discord members as Karos Classic — 279,483 vs 7,155.

Reddit members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.3%
Karos Classic: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 1,371,694 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Karos Classic.

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 5.9kUp 26%
Karos Classic: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 5,922 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Karos Classic.

YouTube subscribers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 743kUp 0.1%
Karos Classic: 2.2k

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 332× as many YouTube subscribers as Karos Classic — 743,000 vs 2,240.

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 52k – 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.

Karos Classic

Karos Classic is estimated to have 40 – 140 players a day. Around 5k – 12k 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.