Head to head

Final Fantasy XIV Online vs Shadowbane

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

69k – 240k daily

Shadowbane

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2010 · 16 years ago

March 2005 · 21 years ago

Daily players

69k – 240k

No population data

Estimated players

335.8k1.1%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Final Fantasy XIV OnlineShadowbane

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~328k	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~330k
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Shadowbane

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~45
August 2026	~45
July 2026	~45	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 27.5kDown 1.1%
Shadowbane: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 27,477 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Shadowbane.

Discord members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 278.6kUp 0.7%
Shadowbane: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 278,619 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Shadowbane.

Reddit members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.6%
Shadowbane: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 1,364,330 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Shadowbane.

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 6.8kDown 34%
Shadowbane: 0

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 6,782 live Twitch viewers, while Shadowbane has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 742kUp 0.3%
Shadowbane: —

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

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 69k – 240k 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.

Shadowbane

Shadowbane is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 14k – 36k 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.