Head to head

Final Fantasy XIV Online vs Shadow War

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

66k – 230k daily

Shadow War

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2010 · 16 years ago

January 2012 · 15 years ago

Daily players

66k – 230k

No population data

Estimated players

327.6k0.3%

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Available on

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Side View

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Final Fantasy XIV OnlineShadow War

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~329.7k
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Shadow War

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	—	—
July 2026	—	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 26.4kUp 17%
Shadow War: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 26,389 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow War.

Discord members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 278.1kUp 0.8%
Shadow War: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 278,089 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow War.

Reddit members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.6%
Shadow War: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 1,362,388 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow War.

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 6.6kDown 27%
Shadow War: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 6,590 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow War.

YouTube subscribers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 741kUp 0.3%
Shadow War: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 741,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow War.

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 66k – 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.