Head to head

Lost Ark vs Phantasy Star Universe

Lost Ark

Live

18k – 63k daily

Phantasy Star Universe

Live

17 – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

August 2006 · 20 years ago

Daily players

18k – 63k

17 – 8k

Estimated players

64.4k1.4%

2551.6%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Lost ArkPhantasy Star Universe

Lost Ark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~64.3k	Down 0.2%
August 2026	~64.4k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~64.3k	—

Phantasy Star Universe

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~255	Up 2.8%
August 2026	~248	Up 23%
July 2026	~201	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Lost Ark: 5.5kDown 41%
Phantasy Star Universe: —

Lost Ark currently has 5,450 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Universe.

Reddit members

Lost Ark: 299.7kUp 0.2%
Phantasy Star Universe: 2.5kUp 4.9%

Lost Ark currently has about 118× as many subreddit members as Phantasy Star Universe — 299,739 vs 2,539.

Twitch viewers

Lost Ark: 1.2kDown 75%
Phantasy Star Universe: 0Down 100%

Lost Ark currently has 1,157 live Twitch viewers, while Phantasy Star Universe has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Lost Ark: 103k
Phantasy Star Universe: —

Lost Ark currently has 103,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Universe.

How these estimates are made

Lost Ark

Lost Ark is estimated to have 18k – 63k players a day. Around 3m – 7m 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 Universe

Phantasy Star Universe is estimated to have 17 – 8k players a day. Around 11k – 1m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.