Head to head

Final Fantasy XIV Online vs Nova Empire

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

80k – 280k daily

Nova Empire

Live

130 – 450 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2010 · 16 years ago

May 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

80k – 280k

130 – 450

Estimated players

331.1k1.6%

566.7%

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 OnlineNova Empire

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~327.4k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~330k
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Nova Empire

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~57	Up 3.6%
August 2026	~55	Down 1.8%
July 2026	~56	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 21.7kDown 24%
Nova Empire: 54Down 1.8%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 402× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Nova Empire — 21,722 vs 54.

Discord members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 279kUp 0.6%
Nova Empire: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 279,044 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Nova Empire.

Reddit members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.5%
Nova Empire: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 1,365,990 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Nova Empire.

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 6kDown 32%
Nova Empire: 0Down 100%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 5,997 live Twitch viewers, while Nova Empire has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 742kUp 0.1%
Nova Empire: —

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

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 80k – 280k 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.

Nova Empire

Nova Empire is estimated to have 130 – 450 players a day. Around 10k – 26k 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.