Head to head

Final Fantasy XIV Online vs Viking Rise

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

75k – 270k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2010 · 16 years ago

March 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

75k – 270k

2k – 7k

Estimated players

332.6k2.2%

69k0.6%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Final Fantasy XIV OnlineViking Rise

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~330.1k
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~68.9k	Up 15%
July 2026	~59.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 26.6kUp 18%
Viking Rise: 597Down 24%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 44× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Viking Rise — 26,557 vs 597.

Discord members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 278kUp 0.8%
Viking Rise: 263.4k

Final Fantasy XIV Online and Viking Rise are nearly even on Discord members — 277,973 vs 263,408.

Reddit members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.6%
Viking Rise: —

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has 1,361,970 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 8.8kDown 2.6%
Viking Rise: 2Down 95%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 4390× as many live Twitch viewers as Viking Rise — 8,779 vs 2.

YouTube subscribers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 741kUp 0.3%
Viking Rise: 111kUp 0.9%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 6.7× as many YouTube subscribers as Viking Rise — 741,000 vs 111,000.

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 75k – 270k 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.

Viking Rise

Viking Rise is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 27k – 70k 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.