Head to head

Path of Exile vs Phantasy Star Online 2

Path of Exile

Live

25k – 89k daily

Phantasy Star Online 2

Live

2k – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2013 · 13 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

25k – 89k

2k – 8k

Estimated players

262.2k3.8%

14.3k0.2%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
macOS

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Path of ExilePhantasy Star Online 2

Path of Exile

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~268.7k	Down 7.0%
August 2026	~288.8k	Down 1.5%
July 2026	~293.3k	—

Phantasy Star Online 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~14.3k
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

Path of Exile: 4.5kDown 89%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 844Down 26%

Path of Exile currently has about 5.3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 4,469 vs 844.

Discord members

Path of Exile: 265kUp 0.5%
Phantasy Star Online 2: —

Path of Exile currently has 264,985 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

Reddit members

Path of Exile: 1.1mUp 0.2%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.2kUp 0.1%

Path of Exile currently has about 16× as many subreddit members as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 1,083,761 vs 69,172.

Twitch viewers

Path of Exile: 482Down 91%
Phantasy Star Online 2: —

Path of Exile currently has 482 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

YouTube subscribers

Path of Exile: 430kUp 0.9%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8kUp 0.2%

Path of Exile currently has about 9.6× as many YouTube subscribers as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 430,000 vs 44,800.

How these estimates are made

Path of Exile

Path of Exile is estimated to have 25k – 89k players a day. Around 3m – 8m 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.