Head to head

Modern Combat 5: Blackout vs Phantasy Star Online 2

Modern Combat 5: Blackout

Live

3 – 9 daily

Phantasy Star Online 2

Live

2k – 6k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2014 · 12 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

3 – 9

2k – 6k

Estimated players

102.1k

14.2k0.6%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS
Nintendo

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Modern Combat 5: BlackoutPhantasy Star Online 2

Modern Combat 5: Blackout

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~102.1k
September 2026	~102k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~101.7k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~101.5k	—

Phantasy Star Online 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~14.3k	Down 0.4%
September 2026	~14.3k	Down 0.2%
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.

Steam concurrent players

Modern Combat 5: Blackout: 0Down 100%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 807Down 17%

Modern Combat 5: Blackout currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Phantasy Star Online 2 has 807.

Twitch viewers

Modern Combat 5: Blackout: 0Down 100%
Phantasy Star Online 2: —

Modern Combat 5: Blackout currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

YouTube subscribers

Modern Combat 5: Blackout: 916kUp 0.2%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8k

Modern Combat 5: Blackout currently has about 20× as many YouTube subscribers as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 916,000 vs 44,800.

Reddit members

Modern Combat 5: Blackout: —
Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.2kUp 0.1%

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has 69,203 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Modern Combat 5: Blackout.

How these estimates are made

Modern Combat 5: Blackout

Modern Combat 5: Blackout is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 120k – 310k 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 – 6k 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.