Head to head

Final Fantasy XIV Online vs Melee

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

67k – 230k daily

Melee

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2010 · 16 years ago

March 2019 · 8 years ago

Daily players

67k – 230k

No population data

Estimated players

331.1k2.8%

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 OnlineMelee

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	—

Melee

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~70
August 2026	~70	Up 19%
July 2026	~59	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 26.6kUp 11%
Melee: 0

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 26,617 peak concurrent Steam players, while Melee has 0.

Discord members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 279.2kUp 0.4%
Melee: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 279,153 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Melee.

Reddit members

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

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 1,368,100 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Melee.

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 3.7kDown 54%
Melee: 0Down 100%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 3,719 live Twitch viewers, while Melee has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 742k
Melee: 34

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 21824× as many YouTube subscribers as Melee — 742,000 vs 34.

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 67k – 230k 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.

Melee

Melee is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 20k – 51k 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.