Head to head

New World: Aeternum vs Phantasy Star Online 2

New World: Aeternum

Released

~2.4k daily · 1.4k – 4.1k

Last measured Nov 6, 2026

Phantasy Star Online 2

Released

~75k daily · 44k – 130k

Last measured Nov 6, 2026

VerdictPhantasy Star Online 2 has ~31× New World: Aeternum's daily players (~75k vs ~2.4k, as of Nov 6, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

September 2021 · 5 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Est. daily players

~2.4k1.4k – 4.1kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 6, 2026

~75k44k – 130kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 6, 2026

Available on

PlayStation
Windows

PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

New World: AeternumPhantasy Star Online 2

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

New World: Aeternum: 318
Phantasy Star Online 2: 799

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has about 2.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as New World: Aeternum — 799 vs 318.

Discord members

New World: Aeternum: 64.3k
Phantasy Star Online 2: —

New World: Aeternum currently has 64,254 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

Reddit members

New World: Aeternum: 306.9k
Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.3k

New World: Aeternum currently has about 4.4× as many subreddit members as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 306,878 vs 69,317.

Twitch viewers

New World: Aeternum: 37
Phantasy Star Online 2: —

New World: Aeternum currently has 37 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

YouTube subscribers

New World: Aeternum: 145k
Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8k

New World: Aeternum currently has about 3.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 145,000 vs 44,800.

How these estimates are made

New World: Aeternum

We estimate that about 2,400 people play New World: Aeternum on a typical day (most likely between 1,400 and 4,100), based on data from Nov 6, 2026. Around 6,800,000 accounts (between 4,400,000 and 10,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

Phantasy Star Online 2

We estimate that about 75,000 people play Phantasy Star Online 2 on a typical day (most likely between 44,000 and 130,000), based on data from Nov 6, 2026. Around 8,800,000 accounts (between 5,700,000 and 13,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate