Head to head

Guild Wars vs Phantasy Star Online 2

Guild Wars

Live

Phantasy Star Online 2

Live

2k – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2005 · 21 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

No population data

2k – 8k

Estimated players

28.6k

14.3k

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guild WarsPhantasy Star Online 2

Guild Wars

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~28.5k	Up 1.6%
August 2026	~28k	Up 5.0%
July 2026	~26.7k	—

Phantasy Star Online 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~14.3k	Down 0.1%
August 2026	~14.4k	Up 14%
July 2026	~12.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

Guild Wars: 66.8kUp 1.7%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.2kUp 0.1%

Guild Wars and Phantasy Star Online 2 are nearly even on subreddit members — 66,760 vs 69,193.

YouTube subscribers

Guild Wars: 219kUp 1.4%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8k

Guild Wars currently has about 4.9× as many YouTube subscribers as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 219,000 vs 44,800.

Steam concurrent players

Guild Wars: —
Phantasy Star Online 2: 872Down 12%

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has 872 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

How these estimates are made

Guild Wars

Guild Wars is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 450 – 1k 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.

Phantasy Star Online 2

Phantasy Star Online 2 is estimated to have 2k – 8k players a day. Around 430k – 1m 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.