Head to head

Final Fantasy XIV Online vs Sea of Thieves

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

71k – 250k daily

Sea of Thieves

Live

14k – 49k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2010 · 16 years ago

March 2018 · 8 years ago

Daily players

71k – 250k

14k – 49k

Estimated players

336.4k1.2%

310.4k1.4%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Final Fantasy XIV OnlineSea of Thieves

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~329.1k	Down 0.3%
August 2026	~330k
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Sea of Thieves

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~304.7k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~299.6k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~300.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 25.4kDown 17%
Sea of Thieves: 3.3kDown 54%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 7.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Sea of Thieves — 25,433 vs 3,322.

Discord members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 278.6kUp 0.7%
Sea of Thieves: 443.9k

Sea of Thieves currently has about 1.6× as many Discord members as Final Fantasy XIV Online — 443,873 vs 278,619.

Reddit members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.5%
Sea of Thieves: 613.7kUp 0.2%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 2.2× as many subreddit members as Sea of Thieves — 1,364,679 vs 613,736.

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 6.7kDown 52%
Sea of Thieves: 3.4kUp 56%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 2× as many live Twitch viewers as Sea of Thieves — 6,705 vs 3,350.

YouTube subscribers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 742kUp 0.3%
Sea of Thieves: 675kDown 0.1%

Final Fantasy XIV Online and Sea of Thieves are nearly even on YouTube subscribers — 742,000 vs 675,000.

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 71k – 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.

Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is estimated to have 14k – 49k players a day. Around 4m – 11m 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.